Paths to Making a Difference

Paul R. Lawrence; Mark A. Abramson

doi:10.5771/9781442213098

Summary

To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executives succeed in accomplishing an administration's objectives, business in government experts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findings of a two year's study of top political appointees in the Obama administration.

The participants—deputy secretaries and agency heads—provide case studies of how each approaches the management challenges and achieves the mission of their organization. Full of behind-the-scenes insights and practical advice from government political executives on how they face management challenges in real time, Paths to Making a Difference: Leading in Government offers indispensable insights to current and prospective political appointees and everyone interested in understanding how leaders work to make government agencies more effective.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-1307-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-1309-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 179
Product type: Book Titles

1. CONTENTS No access
Acknowledgments No access Pages 1 - 2
1. What We Set Out to Do No access
2. What We Would Like Future Political Executives to Know No access
3. What We Would Like the Office of Presidential Personnel to Know No access
4. The Importance of Orientation Activities for Political Executives No access
5. The Road Ahead No access
1. Understanding the Job of the Deputy Secretary No access
2. W. Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs No access
3. Seth D. Harris, Deputy Secretary, Department of Labor No access
4. Dennis F. Hightower, Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce No access
5. Kathleen A. Merrigan, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture No access
6. Anthony W. Miller, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education No access
7. Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy No access
1. Understanding the Job of the Producer No access
2. David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for IntellectualProperty and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office,Department of Commerce No access
3. David H. Stevens, Assistant Secretary for Housing and Commissioner,Federal Housing Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development No access
4. William J. Taggart, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Federal Student Aid, Department of Education No access
1. Understanding the Job of the Infrastructor No access
2. Jonathan S. Adelstein, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service,Department of Agriculture No access
3. Arun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy No access
4. Victor M. Mendez, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation No access
5. Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation No access
1. Understanding the Job of the Regulator No access
2. Michael R. Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior No access
3. Joseph A. Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Department of Labor No access
4. David L. Strickland, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation No access
5. Inez Moore Tenenbaum, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission No access
1. Understanding the Job of the Scientist No access
2. Rebecca M. Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Economicsand Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce No access
3. Patrick D. Gallagher, Director, National Institute of Standards andTechnology and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards andTechnology, Department of Commerce No access
4. Marcia K. McNutt, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior No access
5. Richard G. Newell, Administrator, U.S. Energy InformationAdministration, Department of Energy No access
1. Understanding the Job of the Collaborator No access
2. John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management No access
3. David A. Hinson, National Director, Minority Business DevelopmentAgency, Department of Commerce No access
4. Raymond M. Jefferson, Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employmentand Training Service, Department of Labor No access
Appendix: Dates of Interviews No access Pages 169 - 172
References No access Pages 173 - 174
About the Authors and Contributors No access Pages 175 - 179