RELATED July 03, 2025 Partnership for Public Service’s public comments on OPM’s “Suitability and Fitness” proposed rule June 23, 2025 Mad Money: The public believes the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government will harm the U.S. economy and make the country less safe June 23, 2025 Public Service Leadership Model Pocket Guide Back to Reports Organizations Growing Leaders—Best Practices and Principles in the Public Service December 17, 2001 This report is a sequel to an earlier report published by The Endowment, “Leaders Growing Leaders: Preparing the Next Generation of Public Service Executives.” This report examines how government organizations can take on the challenge of developing the next generation of government leaders. In “Organizations Growing Leaders,” the author examines five organizations within the federal government-—the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Western Area Power Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration and the Social Security Administration—that have created exemplary development programs for their future leaders. While each has undertaken the task in different ways, all have demonstrated a commitment to providing future leaders with development assignments, training, self development and other state-of-the-art leadership-development practices. Download (728k)