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Competency Modeling: Planning for Workforce Success
On February 22nd, FMP Consulting is teaming up with the Partnership for Public Service to host a workshop on the effective use of competencies in the Federal Government: Competency Modeling: Planning for Workforce Success. The Partnership for Public Service in Washington, DC will be hosting the in-person event and offering a virtual option for those…
How Do You Make Remote Work Arrangements Work?
While at a conference panel discussion on Millennials in the workplace, one speaker commented that future generations will be shocked to learn of an antiquated era when…
Getting Conscious about Unconscious Bias
Unconscious bias has been a hot topic in recent years. There are many terms that are used to describe the phenomenon, such as implicit attitudes, implicit bias, subtle bias, and nonconscious bias. No matter what term you use, the goal is to understand peoples’ biased behaviors to help improve how individuals interact and collaborate. If…
Making Telework Work: I’ll Take My Telework Program STIRred, Not Shaken
Technology is changing the way we work. Not only are the types of available jobs dramatically different than they were a generation ago, technological advances are making it increasingly easier for employees to perform these jobs outside the office. Global Workplace Analytics reports that 50% of the US workforce holds a job compatible with at…
Excella Consulting and FMP at LEAD2018: Best Practices in Leadership Development
We are excited that both FMP Consulting and our client, Excella Consulting, are co-winners of the 2018 LEAD Award in the category of Best Use of Simulation! This is the second year in a row Excella has been recognized by HR.com’s LEAD Award for their multi-level Leadership Development Program, designed in partnership with FMP. Our…
Are You Leading a High Performing Team?
FMP is excited to announce that our very own Stacy Cook has been selected as the keynote speaker to present “How Great Teams Can Work Together” at the Public Affairs Council’s Advocacy Conference, a two-day event on February 6 and February 7, 2018 in Orlando, Florida! Her presentation will focus on the qualities of high…
Planning-Even the Best Made Plans Sometimes Get Shutdown
This month we have been featuring a series of articles that discuss the value of being strategic in your planning and goal setting processes and the many benefits you’ll reap (as an individual and as an organization) from investing that time and effort. That said, sometimes the best laid plans can’t prevent or predict every…
Good Goals to Get You There
We’ve been talking about organizational resolutions and how helpful they can be to implement small changes to large effect. By now, we have also all identified our personal New Year’s resolutions. Get healthy, be more connected with our friends, advance at work. We know what we want, but what are we doing to get there?…
Strategic Planning-It’s Ok to Ask for Help
Everyone’s back from the holiday break, and now it’s that time of the year: take stock of what you have, set goals for where you want your organization to be, and get the ball rolling on making 2018 a successful and productive year! Sounds easy enough, right? Sure, but only if you know how to…
Setting a Vision for the Year Ahead
Happy New Year, everyone! Back in December, we introduced a list of individual and organizational resolutions to carry us through 2018 and keep us focused on making ourselves a better, more effective company while helping others find ways to mindfully focus on improvement. Now that we’re into the new year, many of us are contemplating…