The federal management playbook : leading and succeeding in the public sector /

Ira Goldstein offers management wisdom for federal government leaders and aspiring leaders based on his decades of experience as a senior executive at two of the Big Four consulting firms and as a member of the US federal government's Senior Executive Service. Being a leader in the federal real...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goldstein, Ira (Civil servant) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2016]
Series:	Public management and change.
Subjects:	Public administration > United States. Civil service > United States > Personnel management. Administrative agencies > United States > Management.

Table of Contents:

Key dimensions of success
Motivating and enabling your most valuable asset; your people
Managing the complex new world of technology
Creating and leading a well-designed organization
Communications : what's the good word?
Getting value from contracting
Risk-based decision making
The wide wonderful world of innovation
A few tips for living with oversight organizations
A few tips especially for political appointees managing civil servants
A few tips especially for civil servants "managing" political appointees
A few tips especially for consultants; and feds who use us.