6 minutes

Promotion without a loyalty test

Measurable work. Not who took which course.

What you’ll be able to do

Identify the practical implication of “Promotion without a loyalty test” and apply it to one live DHS decision connected to Mobility, Acting, and Promotion.
Compare the responses to this question and explain your choice: What should happen before the work is locked?
Document a next step for Promotion without a loyalty test: Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

This hub is voluntary. Completion is not readiness. Racial equity in promotion is outcomes in who advances — as the Equity Policy defines racial equity — not a required position on every contested remedy. Write the essential functions. Do not write “seems committed.”

Put this lesson to work

What you can change

You control whether promotion without a loyalty test changes a live DHS process connected to Mobility, Acting, and Promotion or remains information on a page.

What to watch for

The team completes the learning, keeps the same default, assigns no owner, and never checks who carries the burden.

Your next step

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Try a situation

A team must finalize work connected to promotion without a loyalty test this week. The usual process is ready, but the people affected, access needs, burden, and follow-through have not been checked.

What should happen before the work is locked?

Use the usual process now and ask for feedback after implementation.

Ask one colleague with relevant lived experience to approve the plan.

Name the live object, affected people, access and formal requirements, alternatives, owner, and review date.

Carry this forward

Measurable work. Not who took which course.
You control whether promotion without a loyalty test changes a live DHS process connected to Mobility, Acting, and Promotion or remains information on a page.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Completion is shown by a scenario decision and a saved one-minute commitment.

Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.

Your next step

What will you do differently this week after Promotion without a loyalty test?

Apply this lesson to one live work object connected to Mobility, Acting, and Promotion.

Name the affected people, one process change, the owner, and a review date.

Use the right-door guide if a formal duty or accountable office may be involved.

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Mark this lesson complete

Participation and course completion in this program do not count toward DHS-required training credits unless management, a director, or DHS leadership expressly approves an exception.