Archive - September 6, 2010

In The Washington Post on Friday, September 3, 2010, Aaron Williams was interviewed by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post’s On Leadership site jointly produce the Federal Coach, hosted by Tom Fox, director of the partnership’s Center for Government Leadership. The goal is to “engage, inspire and learn from you, the federal worker, whether you are a new hire, a contractor or a manager at the highest level.” Share your ideas and questions at fedcoach@ourpublicservice.org. Humility, risk-taking make leaders great Aaron S. Williams is the director of the Peace Corps and a former volunteer who served in the Dominican Republic. He previously served as the USAID mission director in South Africa, where he led a billion-dollar foreign assistance program when Nelson Mandela was president. Ranked five out of 34 small agencies, this was the first year that the Peace Corps participated in the Best Places to . . .