Training and Development for Government Employees

Turn Your Agency into an “Employer of Choice” by Focusing on Results!

Key Methodologies Covered

This training will focus on developing performance-based employee performance
plans by applying OPM core competencies as a template for developing resultsoriented
employee performance development plans. This framework is derived
from best practices at all levels of government and is compliant with Merit
Systems Protection Board.

8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00

Performance Development Mandates and Trends
• Information update on the latest executive mandates
• Update on the restructuring of DHS and DoD personnel systems

10:00

Adopt a “Performance-Based” Approach to Employee Development
• Align your employee development plan with agency strategic plans
• Build employee development plans that reinforce the requirements of the
human capital plan to achieve mission results
• Use workforce analysis results to keep plans aligned and targeted

12:00

Networking Luncheon

1:00

Developing the Plan
• Develop a performance measurement system using the Logic Model
framework
• Align individual plans to the organization’s performance measurement
system
• Focus on performance results of the organization to build a better product

3:00

Federal Case Study: Competency Model
• Maintain a highly skilled, energized and empowered workforce that’s
focused on results
• Identify approaches to change workforce behavior

4:00

Adjourn

8:30

Continental Breakfast

9:00

Monitoring, Counseling and Coaching Employees
• Serve as a basis for professional development opportunities
• Encourage and improve communication between employee and supervisor
• Assist employee and supervisor in identifying future performance goals
and objectives

12:00

Networking Luncheon

1:00

Discussing Performance Improvement
• Establish what improvements are needed and the timeframe for
achievement
• Identify potential solutions to performance problems
• Develop performance improvement plan
• Obtain employee commitment to plan

2:00

Communicating Your Plan: Explaining the Value of Employee Development Programs
• Create an infrastructure that facilitates open communication among all
employee ranks
• Communicate the plan frequently and consistently throughout the
organization
• Perform six-month and year-end evaluations
• Promote continuous improvement of communications systems and
processes

4:00

Adjourn

ProjectManagementProfessional® Certification Training
Th e Performance Institute has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute. As a PMI Registered Education Provider (R.E.P), Th e Performance Institute has agreed to abide by PMI established quality assurance criteria. “PMI” and the PMI logo are service and trademarks registered in the United States and other nations; “PMP” is a certifi cation mark registered in the United States and other nations; “PMBOK” and “CAPM” are trademarks registered in the United States and other nations by the Project Management Institute, Inc., which is not affi liated with Th e Performance Institute.

As a student at the Performance Institute, you will receive Professional Development Units (PDUs), required by PMI® to obtain the Certifi ed Associate in Project Management (CAPMTM) or Project Management Professional (PMP®) certifi cation. You can also gain credits towards re-certifi cation.

You are required to verify at least 23 contact hours of specifi c instruction addressing learning objectives in project management to apply for CAPMTM certifi cation and 35 contact hours to apply for PMP® certifi cation and take the exam. As a Project Management Institute (PMI®) Global Registered Education Provider (REP), taking all three “Core Project Management Courses” fulfi lls this prerequisite.

Continuing Professional Education Accreditation
Th e Performance Institute is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have fi nal authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org