Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Employees should be managed as valued assets January 29, 2019 The shutdown made it obvious: Without its employees, there is no government. The pro football playoffs reinforce a lesson that has been highlighted repeatedly for more than three decades by research in the business world: The companies (as well as football teams) with the most talented, best managed employees are normally the most successful.