The Government Virtual Workforce Training Workshop: Managing

Special "Early Bird" Registration
Government Employees: $995(Federal, State or Local Government Issued ID)
EARLY BIRD Special Reduced Rates in Support of Government Budget Reductions:
Now $795 until February 1st!

 

Team Rate for Government: Send a government team to learn together. Register two government employees from the same office at the same time and the third person registers at 50% of the current government rate. 

Industry and Contractors: $1,095 (Including contractors on-site and in direct support of government agencies).
EARLY BIRD Special Rates:
Now $895 until February 1st!

 

Registration Includes: Presentations, Workshop Notebook, Continental Breakfast, All Day Refreshments and Hosted Luncheon

Overview of the Workshop: 

Congress has mandated that Federal Agencies adopt telework whenever feasible.  OPM has developed telework policies for the Federal workforce that mirror industry “best practices” in taking advantage of non-traditional work settings.   Additionally, GSA is encouraging Agencies to implement “Hoteling” as a way to reduce overall facility costs.

In spite of this, there is still reluctance from many supervisors to fully embrace telework.   Many managers are reluctant to accept and implement telework which they see as a major supervisory challenge.  Many employees are also reluctant to accept telework due to the uncertainty and concerns that they and their work will not be recognized and visible.  Agency executive leadership may be reluctant to fully embrace telework due to a variety of reasons.

This one-day Potomac Forum Workshop will identify the costs, benefits and challenges of the virtual work environment and focus on supervising the remote worker and leading the virtual team.   Attention will be paid to both knowledge workers and administrative staff.  The perspectives and challenges of the employee, manager/supervisor and agency executive leadership will be addressed and discussed.