Journal: People Science - Human Capital Management & Leadership in the public sector Volume 1, Issue 2 Spring/Summer 2014 | Page 35

Introduction
The world of work is rapidly changing, requiring all of us
to think differently about how we work, where we work,
and specifically how we lead our teams. The shift taking
place is truly astounding. As a society, we are rapidly
redefining how work gets done, and this transformation
is impacting all of us. Our willingness to be resilient,
embrace change and learn new skills will carry us into
the future. Your role, as a leader, is in helping your team
to make this shift.
Public-sector leaders should embrace telework wherever
possible - certainly for the sake of the worker, but first
and foremost, for the good of their organization and
the people it serves. Let’s pretend, for example, that
all of the federal government workers who could and
wanted to telework twice a week, were allowed to do
so. The savings for total government would be over 6
billion dollars a year (Figure One). Moreover, the a