Beyond the Basics: Managing Performance and Conduct in the Modern Federal Workplace and How to Meet the Requirements of Executive Order 13781 Training Workshop

This event qualifies for .7 CEUs

This event qualifies for 7 CPEs

The President issued an Executive Order (EO) on March 17, 2017 which emphasizes the need to maximize employee performance by better managing poor performance and conduct and ensuring transparency in the Performance Improvement Process (PIP). This Potomac Forum Training Workshop for Government will provide information for Agency Executives, Managers and Staff to meet the long term requirements for workforce accountability and performance management efforts in response to the EO.

Experienced Human Capital Executives and Leadership Experts will share their insight and experience in developing and implementing long-term and near-term workforce management practices that will help attendees understand how best to improve performance, increase accountability and reduce costs.

This workshop will provide you with practical, easy to implement tools and resources to help you achieve the best results for managing performance and conduct in the workplace to achieve the goals of E.O. 13781 while enhancing employee performance to increase mission efficacy and increase retention.

What You Will Learn:

Understand how to quickly differentiate between employee performance and conduct issues and what you need to know to quickly address employee discipline and/or termination;
Identify the competencies needed as a successful supervisor to maximize employee performance and how to avoid common pitfalls to managing performance and conduct in the modern workplace.
Know where to find practical support, assistance and resources to effectively deal with performance and conduct issues in the workplace;
Adopt promising practices that drive positive outcomes by leveraging the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results into actionable steps to cultivate an inclusive, high-performing culture designed to retain top talent and maximize employee potential and performance.

Why You Should Attend:

Maximize employee performance by focusing on concrete steps to increase performance and effectively deal with poor performers;
Optimize employee recognition programs designed to recognize, reward and retain top performers;
Build your toolkit for cultivating a culture of engagement and accountability designed to achieve enhanced organizational and individual performance

Who Should Attend:

Federal supervisors and managers
Federal HR practitioners and anyone responsible for implementing Agency restructuring plans;
Federal employees or members of employee affinity groups;
Communications practitioners responsible for leading change management and internal communications campaigns.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Government Speakers awaiting agency confirmation.

Instructors:

Mika J. Cross

Federal Workplace Expert

Mika J. Cross is a seasoned Workplace Transformation Strategist specializing in innovative global workplace initiatives, culture change, strategic communications, knowledge management, next generation/future workplace predictions, mobility and flexible work policy, diversity, inclusion and employee engagement. Her 18-year career in public service includes assignments throughout the United States Intelligence Community and across the Federal government. She is a veteran of the Unites States Army, having served as both an enlisted soldier and commissioned officer.

Mika is highly regarded as a thought leader for flexible and transformational workplace practices and is regularly featured as a professional speaker at industry conferences and events. On behalf of the White House and the National Security Council (NSC), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) invited Mika to contribute to the “Workforce of 2020” strategy session as a component of the joint-led task force to develop a new business model for vetting current and future Federal employees into positions of national security. Mika was invited to speak at the House Smart Contracting Caucus roundtable on Telework and Mobility, by Co-Chairmen Gerry Connolly and Rob Wittman. She has also worked in partnership with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on behalf of the White House Council on Women and Girls and the Federal Women’s Program, to design innovative learning strategies to help align Work/Life, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Resources professionals from across the government to share strategic vision and value for integrating a flexible and supportive workplace.

In 2014, Mika was selected as a President’s Management Council (PMC) Interagency Fellow at OPM and worked on government-wide projects affecting culture and process change. As a component of the President’s Second Term Management Agenda sub-goal on People and Culture, she helped create an online Employee Engagement Community of Practice (eCOP) within OPM’s interactive dashboard (the Unlocking Federal Talent data tool at unlocktalent.gov). The eCOP is targeted for Senior Executive Management to help Federal agencies collect and use data to create a more engaged workplace. She also has led several workforce transformation initiatives resulting in winning the organizations she has worked for numerous industry awards- the most recent being USDA named on the Forbes 500 Best American Workplace rankings in March 2015.

Mika has led the strategic communications and initiatives capability for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and currently does so for the Department of Labor, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL VETS.) Mika was awarded the Fed50 “Most Inspiring Up-and-Comer” award, the Federal News Radio “Causey Award” as well as a Next Gen Gov public service award. In 2013 she was named a ‘Work-Life Rising Star’ by WorldatWork’s Alliance for Work-Life Progress. She currently serves as Government Chair of the Human Capital Shared Interest Group (HC-SIG) for the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Panel (ACT-IAC) and as a Board member for WorldatWork’s Alliance for Work/life Progress (AWLP.)

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, 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, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, FDA