In the face of ever more complex societal challenges this book provides an essential new model for transforming the public sector and getting things done.Pandemics. Climate change. Refugee resettlement. Global supply chains. We face a new generation of complex problems that stretch across the public and private sectors and flow over organizational boundaries. To meet the moment we need a fresh new approach that strengthens institutions and government agencies by breaking free from organizational boxes and rigid topdown leadership.As William D. Eggers executive director of Deloittes Center for Government Insights and Donald F. Kettl public management scholar show in this indispensable book we need a government of bridgebuilders who collaborate with partnersinside and outside governmentamp8212to get the job done. These leaders manage horizontally instead of vertically they see their role as connectors and they identify which players have the assets needed to solve the unprecedented problems at hand.Each chapter examines one of the ten core principles of bridgebuilding and features practical tips and dynamic cases of how effective leaders have put each bridgebuilding principle to work. The book also includes a special section that helps government leaders create a hundredday bridgebuilding plan.Throughout Eggers and Kettl tell fascinating and instructive stories about some of todays bridgebuildersamp8212federal state and local government leaders who transcend boundaries partner across sectors and get stuff done.Trusted and effective government has never been more important than today. Bridgebuilders provides a new model that current government decision makersamp8212as well as young leaders who aspire to public serviceamp8212can learn from and apply right now to transform government and restore public trust.