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GCC Provides Unique, No-Nonsense, No-Spin Management Consulting Solutions That Restore Character, Leadership, Integrity, Confidence, Excellence, and Bottom-Line Success
For Business, Government, and Organizations of All Types
While Improving Society At Large!
Transforming Government
And
Restoring
Integrity and Credibility
The Compelling Urgency and Significance
of
Pursuing Excellence in Government At All Levels
GCC's Strategy for Government was designed to transform the way Washington works by first tackling one of the most serious problems in Government which has to do with the negative impact of "politics" and "elections" on those in Washington – – those who are supposed to be representing and working on behalf of the American People and the Nation in the most effective, efficient, economical, transparent, and ethical way possible.
For the most part, "politics" and "self-interests"– – rather than "what's right and best for the American People and the Nation – – is what sets the agenda in Washington!
Often, these politicians are either pursuing their own career objectives or are captive to the will of their very leaders and financial sponsors who advance a political and ideological agenda that often is inconsistent with what is best for the People and the Nation whom they are supposed to be in Washington to serve.
GCC's Strategy for Government enables REAL CHANGE and MEANINGFUL TRANSFORMATION and reforms to take place throughout all levels of government - - meaningful transformation and reforms that would dramatically improve and streamline the way that Federal, State, and local governments operate for the benefit of the people and the Nation, whom the Government was established to serve in the first place.
But How Is That Possible?
GCC's Strategy for Government, first and foremost, gets to the very core of the problem and enables the transformation of a deep-seated workplace culture in Government that evolved over time - - a dysfunctional and counterproductive culture in which candidates seeking office or officials pursuing re-election:
- create platforms and agenda with promises that may be popular among the people but, which are rarely, if ever, executed
- ultimately work on their own agenda that often:
- has little or nothing to do with what is actually needed to best serve the needs of the People and the Nation
- more significantly, ignores a most obvious and important fact that there is AN URGENT NEED RIGHT NOW FOR IMPROVING THE WAY GOVERNMENT WORKS - - improving, and even transforming, the way that the institutions and branches of Government operate TO ENSURE THE FOLLOWING:
That the
People and the Nation are being served by a Government instituted
NOT
for its own sake
but rather
to serve the People and the Nation
in the most
effective, efficient, economical, transparent,
and ethical manner possible,
by representatives and others at every level in Government,
both elected and non-elected,
each one of whom
should be
committed to following
a code of conduct
based on
Principled Individual Behavior
and
Ethical Professional Conduct!
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GCC's intention is not to cover in detail on this website the specific problems that contribute towards making the Federal, State, and local governments inefficient and ineffective in way that they deliver their core work, but rather:
To inform and convince:
THOSE IN AUTHORITY within the institutions of government who believe that REAL CHANGE is possible, and
THE PEOPLE for whom the Government was established to serve, and whose taxes pay for its operation and its very existence . . .
To inform and convince them both that:
Regardless of the
lack of authentic commitment
in the past
to
"CHANGE THE WAY
GOVERNMENT
WORKS",
"GCC's Strategy for Government" ,
unlike any other
in the management advice industry,
can actually
GET THE JOB DONE
and
improve the way Government works
through
REAL CHANGE
that produces
a positive transformation
for the
PEOPLE AND THE NATION - -
a transformation
of the type never before witnessed,
in the way that the
Federal Government operates
on behalf of the people whom
those in government
have been entrusted to serve!
A similar model of
GCC's Strategies
could be applied to
State and Local Governments
to
fundamentally
improve the way those levels of government operate
on behalf of the people whom the various levels of Government
(Federal, State, and Local)
were established to serve.
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One example of the Government's not working well for the people and the Nation - - one that is obvious to the very people whom the government was established to serve involves "PARTISAN POLITICS."
Often viewed as an integral (and even beneficial by some) part of the political process, GCC asserts that Partisan Politics, in effect, is a leading counterproductive culture in government and represents THE MOST OBVIOUS TYPE OF GOVERNMENT WASTE!
In the Legislative Branch,for example, "partisan politics" interferes with the carrying out of the Nation's business.
Leaders and members of Congress spend enormous amounts of time on useless, politically motivated discussions, speeches, meetings, and other wasteful activities not only during election periods – – which in and of itself is a waste of time and money irrespective of who is paying the bill – – but also, and more importantly, during the daily workday, when, in fact, the representatives of the people should be spending their time effectively, efficiently, and economically working for the PEOPLE and the NATION!
Another important example in the Legislative Branch involves lawmaking itself which constitutes the core work of the Legislative Branch.
Legislative bills are processed through an array of committees, hearings, discussion, and debates before becoming laws. And yet, when it comes time to vote on these bills - - bills that affect the people and the Nation at large - - important aspects of the proposed legislation, including, for example, "the impact of the proposed law on the people" are often, even at this late stage, still not fully understood by the very lawmakers themselves who are casting their votes.
Who would deny that it is the responsibility of congressional leaders and members to fully comprehend – – on behalf of the people whom they were elected to serve – – what is actually in a bill on which they are casting their votes? Add to that the fact that congressional members oftentimes cast their votes along party lines rather than on the merits of the bill and its actual value to the people.
Members of Congress are also involved in other important tasks such as serving on committees, conducting hearings, reviewing existing laws, etc.
Questioning the quality of how those and other tasks are undertaken and managed would certainly be legitimate, particularly when so much of what the American People see for themselves all too frequently involves partisan bickering, ideological posturing, grandstanding, etc.
While that "circus" atmosphere is taking up valuable time, other important work suffers. For example, pursuing excellence in the way Government works for the benefit of the People and the Nation would be one way for Congress to spend its time more effectively. but, unfortunately, would have LITTLE IF ANY PRIORITY ON THE PART OF THOSE IN GOVERNMENT WHO ARE IN CHARGE!
One could go on-an-on, but important to keep in mind - - regardless of which Branch of Government is involved - - is the following:
It is the hard-earned money of the people, by way of taxes that are imposed on the people by the Government that:
(a) pays for the cost of the compensation and benefit packages of everyone who works for the Government both directly and indirectly, together with all associated costs
(b) pays for the cost of services - - good or bad - - that emanate from Government
(c) pays for the cost associated with the Government's involvement in unilateral, bi-lateral, and multi-lateral relations and activities
(d) pays for the cost of all of the Government's inefficiencies, ineffectiveness, waste, fraud, and abuse that exists in all of the institutions and levels of government.
GCC believes that a transformation within the institutions of government is required! Not only is it required at the Federal level but also at equivalent State and Local levels.
It is required to bring about the kind and degree of change that is necessary for the Institutions of Government to work efficiently and effectively, and with integrity, for the people for whom these institutions were established to serve.
GCC's Strategy for Government was designed to make that happen!
A final note about the cause of the decline of Integrity in the workplace which has had a negative impact on today's organizations and institutions including the institutions of Government:
Decline Of Integrity
The Cause
The chief cause of unethical conduct and behavior in the workplace has its roots in the counterculture of the 1960s when standards of behavior began to decline.
Regardless of what some may want you to believe, Ethical Relativism that took hold during the 1960s followed by Irresponsible Parenting had - - and continues to have to this very day - - a very negative effect on society.
Those who were around and/or grew up before the 1960s and who held faithfully to their values and rejected the counter-cultural movement can, today, easily recognize the results of that damaging movement that manifests itself widely in the form of irresponsible conduct and behavior that is still present and flourishing among many who, unfortunately (and perhaps often through no fault of their own), remain clueless of what responsible conduct and behavior entails.
How does all of this affect organizations and institutions today, including the Institutions of Government?
Most people working in today's organizations and institutions, including the institutions of Government - - the executives, managers, and employees - - grew up and lived through those very years when the standards of right-and-wrong behavior were relaxed and redefined DOWNWARD.
Many from that era - - from all walks of life - - "moved with the flow", relaxing their own personal standards of conduct and behavior.
Even many who grew up prior to the '60s couldn't resist latching onto the relaxed and declining standards of conduct and behavior that the '60s ushered in.
INTEGRITY itself, and values such as personal pride of always doing what is right, doing one's very best, and other positive values became, in many respects, the casualties of what began in the '60s.
GCC's Strategy RESTORES INTEGRITY in organizations and institutions including the institutions of Government, making them vastly better for the people they serve and for those who work there!
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GCC's
Unique
No-Nonsense, Bottom-Line
Approach
Can
Work Effectively
in
Organizations and Institutions
of all types!
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FOR GOVERNMENT
AT All LEVELS,
"GCC's Strategy for Government"
Can
RESTORE
Leadership, Integrity,
Excellence,Confidence,
and
Credibility,
And
Can
Enable Government
To Finally Work
Effectively, Efficiently,
Economically
and
Ethically
for
The People and The Nation
For Whom
the
Institutions of Government
At All Levels
Were Established To Serve!
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Why A Compelling Urgency To Pursue Change?
The
Rationale and Strategy for Achieving
"Change"
Of the Kind Described by GCC
On This Website,
Taken Together With
The General Mistrust of Government By The American People Across The Nation,
Both Serve to Highlight
the
Compelling
Urgency and Significance
of
"PURSUING
CHANGE
NOW!"
"CHANGE"
in
The Way Washington Works!
"CHANGE"
Of the Type Described By
GCC,
On This Website,
And Popular Among the American People!
"CHANGE"
That
Must No Longer Continue
to be
Recklessly Avoided
By Those in Government Who Not Only Are in a Position to Make The Changes Necessary, But Who Also
Are the Very Ones Who, For A Variety Of Reasons, Would Least Welcome This Type of
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE – – Reasons,
Not the Least of Which
Are
"Their
Politics and Personal Careers!"
It's Time To Change All of That
and
GCC Has the Solution!
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GCC
Has The Winning Strategy
and
Offers a Challenge
to
Any Administration
Sufficiently Serious
to
Take Up the Challenge
To
Change the Way Government Works!
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