To promote culture change, State should overhaul its system of rewards and sanctions in order to help institutionalize its newly identified common values. The State Department should be a great place to work. Its mission gives employees the opportunity to shape the future of the world. Its people are widely recognized as being among the most talented individuals that America has to offer. Unfortunately, as an organization, State sometimes is less than the sum of its parts.
State can no longer afford to waste personnel resources.
The time has come for us to emulate top American corporations in empowering all employees to realize their full potentials.