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How Fit is Your Company’s Wellness Program?
At FMP, we take employee wellness seriously. We know that having a healthy, balanced lifestyle affects more than just your work; it affects every aspect of your life. That’s why FMP dedicates time and attention to creating a workplace that supports our employees, responds to their needs, and encourages them to bring their whole selves…
Lessons Learned from One Year of Flexible Paid Time Off
In the fall of 2016, FMP shifted to a self-managed, flexible paid time off (PTO) policy. By moving away from a fixed allocation of PTO hours, we hoped this shift would increase flexibility, boost employee engagement, help us attract and retain top talent, and reduce the administrative burden often associated with tracking and managing PTO….
FMP’s Footprint: Remote Employees Across the Country
At FMP, flexibility is one of our core values, and flexible work arrangements are one of the ways we put it into practice. With flexibility being our theme this February, we thought it was only fitting for FMP’s remote employees to talk about how their remote work arrangements fit their lives and what they’ve learned…
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…