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BIOP 2025: Reflections from FMP
Last month, FMP proudly sponsored and attended the 2nd Annual Blacks in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (BIOP) Conference in Baltimore, MD. This year’s event, centered around the theme “Harboring Innovation: Shaping Tomorrow’s Workplace,” focused on cultivating creativity and forward-thinking approaches within organizations. The conference emphasized how supporting innovative ideas and practices can transform traditional workplaces…
Building our Capabilities
For as long as I’ve been at FMP (and it is too long to comfortably share), we’ve invested in and focused on growing and enhancing our services and capabilities. Not only is this a reflection of the learning organization we are, where our employees are life-long learners and actively seek out development opportunities, but we…
Encourage Informal Learning for More Efficient and Effective Skills Development
Introduction Rapid change and the attrition of talent require better and faster ways to develop the skills of today’s workforce. One often-overlooked solution to this challenge is informal learning that is embedded in the flow of work and controlled by the learners. Workplace learning can be more efficient and more effective if we reduce over-reliance…
FMP Spotlight: Developmental Rotations
Introduction A developmental rotation is a structured program allowing employees to temporarily transfer to different roles, workstreams, or departments within an organization. I decided to participate in a developmental rotation with FMP’s business development team, and it has quite literally changed the trajectory of my career (keep reading to learn how). I observed several near-immediate…
Employee Spotlight: Shareen Drilling
Today, we’re excited to spotlight Shareen Drilling! Shareen is originally from New Jersey but moved around a bit, both geographically and within her career, before joining FMP in 2018. She is currently a Senior Human Capital Consultant and a member of FMP’s Learning and Development Center of Excellence (L&D COE). Keep reading to learn more…
Employee Spotlight: Reflections on a Week at SIOP as an FMP Consultant
Ever wonder what a first-year consultant gets up to at SIOP? Read on to see how FMP Consultant Caitlin Briggs spent her SIOP in Chicago this year. Questions How long have you been working as a consultant, and how long have you worked at FMP Consulting? Prior to FMP, I periodically worked as a freelance…
A Guide to Maximizing Your SIOP 2024 Virtual Experience
The Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s (SIOP) annual conference is right around the corner (April 17-20, 2024). With early registration closing on February 23rd, Industrial-Organizational (I-O) psychologists, practitioners, and students face a big decision: “Should I attend virtually or in person?” Both options have their perks; it’s hard to beat the convenience, flexibility, and…
Strategies for Mentoring: Take it from a Mentor!
Providing advice and guidance and teaching technical skills across FMP has been a positive and great experience for me. When I first started mentoring, I started with a Power BI mentor group, and I held multiple monthly sessions on how to leverage Power BI to build visualizations. Now, I’m mentoring even more people on other…
The FMP Internship Experience – Reflections of interns past and present
Although it is only February, we’re already thinking ahead and planning for the summer – particularly for our summer interns! Each year, we hire a variety of Human Capital interns to support our client projects, as well as internal teams and initiatives, which include internships focused on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), Business Development…
Intrapreneurship at FMP: Small Nuggets of Knowledge (SNacK)
FMP Consulting Engagement Manager, Kathleen Bellis, instituted Small Nuggets of Knowledge (SNacK), a 30-minute, biweekly learning event series, in June of 2019. SNacK provides FMPers the opportunity to showcase their knowledge, share tools and resources with colleagues, and hone their presentation skills in a low-pressure environment. For this installment of the Intrapreneurship at FMP blog…