CDC Launches Future of Work Task Force Amid Likelihood of Aging Workforce

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established a Future of Work task force to ensure the agency has sufficient people and skills to fulfill its mission through 2030 as retirements ripple across the federal workforce, reports the Federal News Network . The CDC's leadership management and development school helps new supervisors nurture core leadership skills within their first year of work. "What we need to make sure is that they understand all the rules of the road so that they can't claim ignorance — that they're empowered and knowledgeable of what those skills are and that they have sources and connections with other managers who may be struggling through the same things they're learning," said the CDC's Dia Taylor. She added that the agency is considering methods for identifying non-managerial career paths for mid-level workers with subject matter expertise, who lack the natural talent to manage other employees. "We'll work to try to identify opportunities for them that are technical in nature or in-line with their background and capabilities, to make sure that they are able to continue to contribute positively to the mission of the agency," Taylor stated. "And when all else fails, we will help to release you to your destiny. If that destiny is outside of our agency, then that's fine, but the one thing we recognize is that we have to help them become better."