The Academy has existed for nearly 60 years, and most are familiar with the studies and assessments we do for Congress - but we also do quick-turnaround analysis and provide solutions. The Academy is providing this White Paper Series on Leadership, Reorganization and Return to Office because real issues deserve our best thinking and effective solutions.
The current Administration is calling for reform, major reorganization and staff reduction, and the Academy has outlined best practices for how to achieve these initiatives: understanding legal authorities and ethical responsibilities, having a plan for knowledge management and capturing institutional knowledge, effectively and transparently communicating across departments and agencies regarding the change, treating employees with respect, and ensuring delivery and accountability of functions that may be reassigned or removed.
Leadership is key to any successful policy implementation and overall organizational optimization. And our country needs good leadership from its political and career officials - always, and especially right now. The Academy has outlined practical steps to improving trust and communications and ensuring a constructive relationship between political appointees and the career civil servants. With this latest paper, we're demonstrating that it's possible to execute a return-to-office plan that will ensure Americans still receive the superlative service that they deserve.
The Academy has outlined key considerations for returning employees to their physical locations and offices. Understanding cultural impacts, employee motivations, and associated costs, as well as leveraging existing flexibilities and intentionally creating space for collaboration to ensure individuals and teams are most effective and efficient in delivering services, is important to ultimately accomplish government's mission.
These white papers include key questions and best practices and highlight the importance of good governance and policy implementation. The Academy will continue to provide valuable work that offers insights on a range of management topics. We are standing by to help leaders build effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable organizations.
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