A look back at past Sammies People’s Choice award winners In 2015, the Partnership added a new award to the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals awards—the People’s Choice award, which allows the public to vote for its favorite Sammies finalists. With the deadline to vote for this year’s People’s Choice award approaching, take a look back at the four previous winners and their incredible accomplishments. Read More
Rethinking the American presidency The U.S. presidency has changed dramatically since George Washington’s day. It’s time to rethink how the office should change to make government as a whole more effective. Partnership President and CEO Max Stier writes about his ideas to improve the presidency. Read More
Empower your employees to question your expectations Ideally, employees will solve problems. But too often, they work around them, resulting in more problems, low employee morale and angry customers. Find out why this might be happening on your team and how to respond to it. Read More
Developing a leadership mindset: Perspectives from a Preparing to Lead program participant Read this Q&A with Richard Black, a participant in our Preparing to Lead program, to see how this program has been valuable in developing his leadership skills. Read More
Your employees probably don’t realize what you have done to engage them Most of the time, agency leaders listen to and act on the feedback provided in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey—but the workforce doesn’t know it. The disconnect between what employees say in the survey and what the leaders do in response can drive a wedge between the workforce and agency leadership. To bridge that divide requires a change in communication. Read More
Senate changes process to speed presidential appointee confirmations—but will it work? This week, the Senate triggered the nuclear option to accelerate the confirmation of presidential nominees, lowering post-cloture debate to two hours from 30. While the move will likely exacerbate partisan tensions, we explore the potential impact of the change. Read More
Developing the next generation of cybersecurity leaders In the United States, the cybersecurity talent deficit is growing at a time when external threats to our digital security are becoming more complex. That’s why the Partnership and Mastercard are teaming up to create the Cybersecurity Talent Initiative, a public-private sector collaboration that aims to develop the next generation of cybersecurity leaders. Read More
Unexpected lessons in leadership Lessons in leadership do not always come from colleagues, supervisors or even from people working in the same field as you. This was the case for David Levy, vice president of federal government at Amazon Web Services. Speaking at the March Excellence in Government Fellows program graduation ceremony, Levy shared the unexpected leadership advice he received from two doctors he has known. Read More
Why a Service to America Medals winner decided to participate in the Excellence in Government Fellows program Omar Pérez Aybar won a Service to America Medals award in 2014 for his work investigating Medicare fraud in South Florida. Four years later he decided to enroll in the Partnership’s Excellence in Government Fellows leadership development program. Pérez Aybar discusses his choice to join EIG and the importance of continuing to develop your leadership skills. Read More
Who out there wouldn’t like meetings to be more efficient? Ineffective meetings are a drag on productivity. One team of Excellence in Government Fellows participants decided to take on the challenge of making them more productive. Discover the toolkit they created to help federal employees determine if a meeting is necessary and plan to use the time most efficiently. Read More
