State & Local Government Policy, Business and Technology

The Glass-Half-Full Way to Prep for the State and Local 'Silver Tsunami'

Route Fifty: The phrase “silver tsunami” is something that many state and local government managers have become very familiar with. They may have experienced the impacts first hand in their organization or dread the day they'll lose years of experience and institutional knowledge with a single retirement or multiple departures of important personnel.

The challenge of the past decade is that the Great Recession prompted many state and local government professionals to delay their retirement, which has meant in some cases that there aren’t as many opportunities for rising talent to advance and prepare to fill the shoes of their colleagues when those departures inevitably come.

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