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Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/114\/plaws\/publ328\/PLAW-114publ328.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">National Defense Authorization Act of 2017,<\/a> defense agencies were directed to cap the number of people holding SES positions by Dec. 31. For the Air Force, SES ranks will total 160 this year, down from 183 a year ago, overseeing a total workforce of nearly 170,000 personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reduced SES cap makes it more important than ever to keep SES staff, who also leave through retirements and normal attrition. That means more than just creating a job that is stimulating and rewarding, leaders said at the Air Force Association\u2019s Air, Space &amp; Cyber Conference on Sept. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWithout that consistency in the SES core, it\u2019s hard to maintain the balance as you move forward,\u201d said Anthony Reardon, administrative assistant to Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall. \u201cThe real goal of an SES is to weather that storm to be able to provide that consistency throughout the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department is working to retain its high-level leadership in the face of top-down orders from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/114\/plaws\/publ328\/PLAW-114publ328.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Congress to limit the total number<\/a> of SES positions by the end of this year. For Air Force leadership, that means keeping the workforce it has, and ensuring it stays, by investing in career development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turnover rates for career federal employees are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/digest\/feb17\/bureaucratic-churn-after-presidential-elections\">higher in the first few years<\/a> of an administration than at other times, particularly among senior executives. Coupled with an aging federal workforce and the competition for talent with the private sector, stability in leadership can be threatened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the Air Force is \u201cmanaging down\u201d to 160 allocated positions, said Hon. 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But in three-and-a-half years, I had one training class as an executive. And I had no training budget for my team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goodwine said she took the opportunity for the career advancement opportunities at the Pentagon \u2014 emblematic of what other civilian workers may be looking for, especially as agencies are competing with themselves for talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Goodwine serves on a career field team that helps advise civilian employees on educational opportunities, career coaching, resume writing or getting credentialed to be able to move upward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy vision is not to move people around like general officers,\u201d said Wagner. \u201cMy hope and my goal is that we can expand the breadth of expertise because I think a broader expertise helps people find more meaning in their job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2020 study by Rand Corporation found that although many Air Force civilian employees express high 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