Management

Managing Pay When the Goal is Rebuilding the STEMM Workforce

This would be an ideal time to rethink the talent management policies for these essential occupations.

Management

The Business Case for Investing in Human Capital Management

The payoff will be improved agency performance—and the gains could be significant.

Management

Why We Need to Focus on Pay Equity in Government

President Biden’s promise to “pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all” defines the goal.

Management

Setting the Stage for Improved Performance

The Biden administration has an opportunity to significantly change how government works.

Management

Empowering Frontline Federal Workers

Change will require committed leadership. It’s a problem at all levels and in all functions.

Management

Why Biden Should Expand OPM’s Role

Changes instituted by the Trump administration reflect an outdated and discredited “do as you’re told” approach to management.

Management

Rebuilding Government as a Purpose-Driven Organization

An agency’s purpose should be the foundation for workforce management.

Management

It's Time to Rethink Employee Performance Management

The Trump administration’s plan to link layoffs to performance ratings is not credible because the ratings themselves are not credible.

Management

Why Agencies Should Invest in Managers (and Pay Them More)

The pandemic has created an opportunity for government to change the way work gets done. Managers will be the key to success.

Management

Remaking Government as a Great Place to Work

For reasons now buried in history, the Office of Personnel Management has never provided leadership in analyzing or tackling workforce problems.

Management

The GS System Is a Barrier to Effective Governance

The rigidity of the General Schedule, the political pressure to control payroll costs, the importance of tenure and the restricted authority of managers all impede effective workforce management.

Management

Rebuilding the Federal Workforce

The Biden administration will need to make the civil service more competitive with the private sector in attracting needed talent.

Management

The Speed of Workforce Change Is Undermining the Civil Service

Personnel practices rooted in blue collar work from the last century continue to hold government back.

Management

Reforming Agencies to be Ready for the Future

Former Comptroller General David Walker makes a strong case for transforming federal personnel systems to stress values of accountability, integrity and reliability.

Management

What Stakeholder Public Service Would Look Like

Leading companies have made commitments to their employees. Government should do the same.

Management

The Civil Service System Has Failed — Again

A new white paper reinforces the notion that the way forward is to work around the current system.

Management

Empowering Employees is Essential to Improving Performance

Empowered employees take goal achievement very seriously. When problems arise, they know they are expected to act.