Building Leadership Skills for All Employees Like all federal law enforcement agencies, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) faces a unique dilemma: mandatory retirement at age 57. With tenure and experience walking out the door, people were being promoted to ll vacant positions. The agency needed a leadership development program that would help prepare these individuals to assume their new leadership roles. Since 9/11, law enforcement has endured many challenges including terrorism, security, and a struggling economy that triggered budget cuts. Combining those factors with mandatory retirement created a critical need to not only capture knowledge of tenured leaders but also prepare the leaders of the future. According to Greg Campbell, deputy director of the USPIS, “Leader

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