Mission Critical Competencies

In this issue of The Public Manager, we examine mission-critical competencies and the role they play in creating a highly effective and efficient federal workforce. In the last issue, we examined the need for collaborative leaders and the competencies those leaders must have.

This issue's Forum highlights the program and project management skills gap that is prevalent in the public-sector workforce. It is not enough to just acknowledge the gap; federal leaders must make a concerted effort t