Government organizations are in a perpetual state of change. A key element to the introduction of change, as well as its eventual success or failure, is the human resource manager. Author Paul Light notes in his book The Four Pillars of High Performance that organizations do not become robust by merely wishing it so. They also must make the investments needed to achieve and sustain alertness, agility, adaptability, and alignment. Light outlines six lessons we can learn about change through a stu