In their latest for Fast Company, Leadership Now Project CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares and Max Stier share what's at stake for businesses and the public if career federal employees are replaced with loyal political appointees. Read the op-ed below.
Leadership Now Project CEO Daniella Ballou-Aares and I co-wrote an op-ed for Fast Company on the destabilizing impact businesses will face if a proposal to replace tens of thousands of career public servants with political appointees came to pass. Overnight, our government's fundamental goals would shift. Rather than decisions based on objective evidence and subject matter expertise, our government would serve the interests of an administration over the public good. For American taxpayers, and especially for businesses, this shift would constitute a rug-pull of historic proportions. What we need are bold but constructive reforms to support a more responsive government and preserve the stability of businesses—and the public—that need to thrive. Read more about what's at stake for businesses if career professionals are replaced with political appointees.