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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.
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How to Build Employee Commitment and Improve Performance
A good place to start would be to reward goal achievement.
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The Business Case for Investing in Human Capital Management
The payoff will be improved agency performance—and the gains could be significant.
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Addressing Federal Workforce Problems Should be a Top Priority for Biden
Kiran Ahuja has her work cut out for her at the Office of Personnel Management.
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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.
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Setting the Stage for Improved Performance
The Biden administration has an opportunity to significantly change how government works.
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Empowering Frontline Federal Workers
Change will require committed leadership. It’s a problem at all levels and in all functions.
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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Changes instituted by the Trump administration reflect an outdated and discredited “do as you’re told” approach to management.
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Rebuilding Government as a Purpose-Driven Organization
An agency’s purpose should be the foundation for workforce management.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rebuilding the Federal Workforce
The Biden administration will need to make the civil service more competitive with the private sector in attracting needed talent.
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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.
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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.
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What Stakeholder Public Service Would Look Like
Leading companies have made commitments to their employees. Government should do the same.
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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.
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Why Government Must Change Its Management Model
Bureaucracy is getting worse, not better.
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Empowering Employees is Essential to Improving Performance
Empowered employees take goal achievement very seriously. When problems arise, they know they are expected to act.
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