Employee-led groups advancing relevancy, diversity, and inclusion throughout the NPS. Find and join a group!
Rangers at Golden Gate National Recreation Area worked with partners to create a climate change training with inclusion and diversity in mind.
Learn more about the virtual program Tadaima! and how it can be used as a case study for park units to connect people to their parks.
The camera follows Alex, a park visitor using a wheelchair as he explores Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI). He shares the fact that public transit in his hometown isn’t accessible, so the ease, friendliness and safety of the Sequoia shuttle system is meaningful. Alex is a nature lover but after his spinal injury
The Employees for the Advancement of People with Disabilities ERG serves to provide an environment that is inclusive of all people and abilities.
There are over 400 units in the National Park Service. Having strong network leadership is critical to carrying the mission of the NPS.
This video explores the team dynamics of today's multi-generational workforce and how to make teams work despite each generation's cultural differences.
Learning to be a collaborator is an important skill. It’s far easier to achieve your goals if you can easily call upon the expertise of partners.
Design Thinking can help the NPS create memorable experiences for park visitors that leave a lasting impression.
Innovative thinking is difficult and not everyone can readily think that way. Thinking out of the box can be scary but aren't our parks worth it?
Most organizations make decisions from the top-down. Louis Rosenburg believes Collective Intelligence is an option for boosting organizational performance.
The art of questioning is becoming an important skill to sharpen. More managers and supervisors are seeing the value of curiosity.
The National Park Service is sitting on a knowledge capital goldmine. Its employees have countless decades of knowledge form which to draw.
In her research for Harvard Business Review, Dr. Sunnie Giles has discovered five major themes of effective leadership. How many apply to you?
Having a strong network is essential to carrying out the mission of the NPS. By building strong network leadership, the NPS can effect social change.
Organizations have trouble committing resources to developing ideas out of a risk-aversion mindset. However, mistakes often lead to greater innovation.