{"id":18231,"date":"2019-08-23T18:07:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T18:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/23\/why-some-feds-should-treat-coworkers-like-customers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:42:49","slug":"why-some-feds-should-treat-coworkers-like-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2019\/08\/23\/why-some-feds-should-treat-coworkers-like-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why some feds should treat coworkers like customers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal departments that offer agency and governmentwide services such as human resources, acquisition and information technology may benefit from changing their mindset about their roles and relationship to other government employees, according to research released Aug. 22 by the Partnership for Public Service and Medallia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome mission-support service organizations operate with the idea that their primary goal is to keep the agency in compliance with the rules and processes governing service delivery,\u201d the paper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith compliance as the only goal, providers may not see that a good customer experience could help agencies better deliver on their mission. With a customer-centered mindset, providers seek to deliver value to their customers and organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Improving customer experience has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/03\/20\/trump-management-agenda-to-focus-on-multi-agency-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\">major part<\/a> of recent government reform efforts, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2018\/10\/24\/these-3-agencies-are-leading-the-way-in-customer-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\">most of those initiatives<\/a> have framed the customer as external to the government, rather than internal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while some agencies, like the General Services Administration, spend a significant part of their mission working to serve other agencies, many large agencies have in-house HR, acquisition and IT shops that perform a support-service function within their agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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