On-Boarding and Retaining New and Experienced Government Staff Training Workshop IV


This event qualifies for .7 CEUs

This event qualifies for 7 CPEs

This event qualifies for 7 CLPs


Overview of the Workshop:

 

Hiring federal employees was never an easy process, and so it is especially frustrating to both line managers and HR offices when a new hire leaves after a year or even sooner. In today’s budget environment, with hard or soft hiring freezes, and early out and buyouts becoming ever more common, it is especially important that once a job offer has been accepted that the agency be able to retain the new hire for a reasonable period of time. With fewer people around to perform the agency’s mission, the mission can be jeopardized, or at least the work unit’s performance may be threatened, by even one ill-timed departure.  There is also the ever-present risk that once a position becomes vacant, the organization may lose the FTE, as the agency’s Budget Office may “sweep up” vacant slots to better manage FTE and their associated personnel compensation and benefits budgets across the agency.

 

The workshop will explore federal agency best practices and creative strategies in onboarding and retaining federal employees, especially in a budget constrained environment.

 

What You Will Learn: 
  • How to effectively manage the new hire’s transition into the workforce
  • How to involve your new hire in your agency’s culture
  • How to keep employee engagement and enthusiasm high during the critical first few months and beyond
  • How to teach supervisors to deal effectively with the diverse attitudes and workplace values of four distinct generations in the workplace
  • The role of the supervisor in staff retention
  • How to keep your employees who are at their peak of productivity from retiring or simply quitting before you are ready to replace them
  • Strategies for retaining your best and your highest potential talent
  • How to manage budgets cuts without losing the staff you most want to keep
  • How HR and line managers can team to improve onboarding and retention
  • How to recognize if your agency is at high risk for undesired attrition
  • Practical lessons that you can bring back to your agency and readily apply to improve onboarding and retention
  • How the federal government’s Best Places to Work address onboarding and retention 
 
Format: 
 

Lecture, small group discussion, panel discussion, guest speakers from leading non-profits and Best Places to Work agencies

Speaker and Presenter Information

Keynote Speaker: 
Ventris Gibson
DEPUTY CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICER 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

Ventris C. Gibson was appointed as the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 18, 2014, after serving as the Director of Administration for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  At HHS, Ventris is responsible for providing enterprise-wide strategic and corporate leadership in the development and delivery of innovative human resources programs, policies, and services that impact nearly 88,000 employees worldwide.

 


 
Guest Speakers: 

 

Thomas Mulhern
Director

Office of Human Resources

U.S. Department of the Interior

 

Thomas Mulhern a career Federal human resources executive, currently serves as the Director of Human Resources for the United States Department of the Interior,(DOI). In this position, he provides consultative and strategic human resources leadership support and assistance to the DOI’s 70,000 people workforce and 11 Bureaus and the Office of the Secretary. Mr. Mulhern is currently leading the DOI’s efforts in several human resource strategic initiatives and serves as a Department representative on several activities in support of the United States Office of Personnel Management,(OPM), Chief Human Capital Officer’s (CHCO) and Presidents Management Council,(PMC) initiatives and activities.

 

 

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association


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When
Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 8:30am - 5:00pm


Cost

Government Fee:  $895.00


Where
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
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Website
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Organizer
Potomac Forum, Ltd


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