Employee Spotlight: Ashley Agerter Raitor

We’re excited to be featuring Ashley Agerter Raitor today! Ashley is originally from Rochester, Minnesota, and she attended the College of Saint Benedict as an undergrad and George Mason University as a graduate student. She is currently a Project Lead for FMP’s business development team and has been involved in several performance management projects and initiatives over the years. Keep reading to learn more about Ashley and her number one performance management tip for organizations!

Tell us about your professional/educational background.

I started my consulting career as an intern at FMP while I was getting my master’s in industrial-organizational psychology from George Mason University. Fast forward to today and my 18-year FMP anniversary is right around the corner! In that time, I’ve held just about every position from Human Capital Intern to Managing Consultant. Some of my favorite projects during my career have been those “kitchen sink”-style projects that pull from all areas of FMP’s capability offerings. In my experience, those sorts of projects are incredibly rewarding. They have allowed me to expand my technical competencies, sharpen my project management skills, and build long-lasting partnerships with clients where we really get to see FMP’s impact.

What are your hobbies?

My family and I love to hike and ski – there’s nothing quite like fresh mountain air!

What is your current role at FMP?

I work remotely from the Charlotte, NC area in a part-time Project Lead role. In this role, I have the opportunity to work with our Growth Optimization Team on exciting business development initiatives that help FMP grow. This work taps into my naturally competitive spirit! Above and beyond my business development work, I get to continue to flex my I-O consulting skills by partnering with my amazing FMP colleagues across a number of internal initiatives, such as workforce analysis, competency modeling, and performance management.

What do you like the most about working at FMP?

The people and the work-life balance.

What have you found most rewarding about working on performance management initiatives?

Performance management projects tend to be highly collaborative in nature, which I really enjoy. Whether I’m working on these projects for clients or internally at FMP, I love getting the chance to talk with employees and leaders about what’s working and what’s not. I also enjoy doing benchmarking research to learn about industry trends in the space.

What is one thing organizations should keep in mind when designing a performance management system?

You want your performance management system to inspire and motivate your workforce to do their best. Therefore, when you’re designing or enhancing your system, ask your employees what motivates them and what doesn’t. Their answers might surprise you! Do your best to build this feedback into your system and be transparent about things you may have heard that you aren’t able to incorporate and why. Continue to pulse your workforce after the roll-out to collect additional feedback for potential adjustments to ensure the system and associated materials, tools, and processes are working the way they’re intended to.

Zoe Nerantzis joined FMP as a Consultant in May 2021 and works with the National Science Foundation team by supporting NSF’s learning and development branch. Zoe is from Rockville, Maryland and can generally be found reading fantasy novels, working out in her basement, or rooting for the Washington Football team.