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Robert Tobias teaches courses in public sector leadership in the Key Executive Leadership Programs. He also teaches facilitation and team development, conflict management and alternative dispute resolution, and managing labor management relations. Finally, he is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation which brings together members of Congress, political appointees, career federal executives, union leaders, consultants, and academics for the purpose of resolving difficult public policy implementation issues. President Clinton nominated and the Senate confirmed him for a five-year term as a member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board. Tobias received the Paul P. Van Riper Award from the American Society for Public Administration “In recognition of his outstanding contributions to both the theory and practice of public administration” and the Warner Stockberger award from the International Public Management Association for Human Resources for “outstanding contributions in the field of public sector personnel management at the federal level.” He has also been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Tobias was selected by Thomas Ridge, secretary, Department of Homeland Security, and Kay Coles James, director, Office of Personnel Management to the Human Resource Management System Senior Review Advisory Committee.

Robert Tobias

Federal-sector leaders want the opportunity for inner development to increase productivity.

Federal Leaders Need More Opportunity for Inner Development

November 2015 - The Public Manager

An agency-wide turnaround led by Chairman Carol Waller Pope revived engagement levels and company culture.

The Remaking of the FLRA

Employee Engagement: Learning from FLRA’s Success Story

Spring 2015 - The Public Manager

For change to work, a leader must be able to articulate what changes are necessary in his own behavior. Then, the leader must personally—and authentically—state why it is difficult to change while modelling the desired changed behavior.

Why Do So Many Organizational Change Efforts Fail

Summer 2014 - The Public Manager

One of the most significant endeavors at labor-management collaboration in the United States, either private or public, were the labor-management partnerships established as part of President Clinton's comprehensive effort to "reinvent" government.

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