REINVENTING GOVERNMENT - DOES LEADERSHIP MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

This article examines the role of leadership in the ''reinvention of g overnment'' in nine federal offices, four located in the Veterans Admi nistration and five in the Defense Department The research for the art icle was done in two phases. In phase one, the relationship between or ganizational culture and reinvention was explored it was discovered du ring this phase that the leader was critical to reinvention efforts. I n phase two, the leaders were categorized according to Bennis's four l eadership competencies. The research found that organizational culture facilitated or hampered reinvention and leaders influenced the organi zational outcomes in both reinvention and related performance measures , most likely via the organizational culture.