The Presidential Appointee's Handbook
by G. Edward DeSeve /
2016 / English / EPUB
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A guide to competencies needed by the federal government’s
new top officials.
A guide to competencies needed by the federal government’s
new top officials.
The transition from one president to another, regardless of
which party wins the 2016 elections, will mean many things, one
of which is that some 3,000 to 4,000 new senior presidential
appointees will take office in the first months of 2017. They
will join some 6,000 members of the Senior Executive Service
and nearly 1,000 admirals and generals already working in the
top ranks of government.
The transition from one president to another, regardless of
which party wins the 2016 elections, will mean many things, one
of which is that some 3,000 to 4,000 new senior presidential
appointees will take office in the first months of 2017. They
will join some 6,000 members of the Senior Executive Service
and nearly 1,000 admirals and generals already working in the
top ranks of government.
But the little-known truth is that the federal government has
no formal, or even informal, continual learning program for its
new high-level managers. If history is a guide, many of the
next president's appointees will never have served in the
federal government or, indeed, at any level of government. This
means that they will need to hone their considerable skills to
meet new challenges.
But the little-known truth is that the federal government has
no formal, or even informal, continual learning program for its
new high-level managers. If history is a guide, many of the
next president's appointees will never have served in the
federal government or, indeed, at any level of government. This
means that they will need to hone their considerable skills to
meet new challenges.
This new, revised, and updated edition of the
This new, revised, and updated edition of theThe
Presidential Appointee’s Handbook
The
Presidential Appointee’s Handbook is intended to fill the
need for learning by helping new presidential appointees
develop the knowledge, skills, and capabilities they will need
in their challenging assignments. Additionally, the new edition
provides frameworks for success in areas such as strategic
foresight, planning for results, risk management, and
resilience that are designed to give appointees templates for
achieving their goals.
is intended to fill the
need for learning by helping new presidential appointees
develop the knowledge, skills, and capabilities they will need
in their challenging assignments. Additionally, the new edition
provides frameworks for success in areas such as strategic
foresight, planning for results, risk management, and
resilience that are designed to give appointees templates for
achieving their goals.
Blending theory with the demands of day-to-day practice, the
book clarifies the roles and responsibilities of top government
executives, helps them build a network of shared experiences
and relationships, and lays out common competencies and codes
of proper behavior for government leaders at all levels.
Blending theory with the demands of day-to-day practice, the
book clarifies the roles and responsibilities of top government
executives, helps them build a network of shared experiences
and relationships, and lays out common competencies and codes
of proper behavior for government leaders at all levels.