This guide is intended to support you as a new member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Developed with input from former Cabinet secretaries and senior federal leaders, it outlines best practices to increase your impact as a leader of a large and complex organization.

This guide outlines best practices that you, as deputy secretaries, should follow to increase your impact, focusing on key people, issues and stakeholders. It was informed by insights from former deputy secretaries and other senior federal leaders.

This guide outlines leading practices and key actions you can take to build effective relationships with new appointees during their first weeks and throughout the onboarding process to position yourself as a trusted advisor.

This guide outlines leading practices and key actions you can take to accelerate your impact during your first month, and assess your success during your first year and beyond.