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Performance Management System
Linking resources to results through performance measurement

Human Capital Management
Designing workforce assessments and human capital plans to enhance employee accountability and drive recruitment success

Acquisition & Sourcing
Managing public-private competitions for commercial activities to enhance cost efficiencies and program performance

Citizen-Centered e-Government
Architecting, managing, and budgeting for one-stop, customer-oriented information technology initiatives

Improved Financial Management
Calculating and allocating program costs, accelerated reporting of financial information, and reducing payment errors

Strategic Communications
Developing and implementing strategic communications plans that directly contribute in measurable ways to the organizational mission and goals.

Human Capital Management

Consulting and Training Opportunities Available

The Strategic Management of Human Capital involves getting the right people, with the right skills, in the right position, at the right time, with the right incentives to perform the right function. That’s a lot of “rights” to get right.

Without effective management of human resources, government agencies may face worker shortages, inadequate skills to meet their missions, ineffective employee evaluation programs and loss of key managerial competencies to pending retirements. To meet these challenges, The Performance Institute’s expertise will assist agencies in implementing comprehensive workforce planning and management processes aligned to the agency mission. Among the issues addressed by The Performance Institute include:

1. Human Capital Planning

Human capital plans link HR processes to the mission requirements of the agency. The Performance Institute can assist with the development of a human capital plan that is in alignment with the strategic plan and based on workforce analyses integrating data on mission-critical skills and competency gaps. This will ensure that agencies focus their human capital planning on strategies for recruiting, retaining and training employees contributing to the attainment of agency mission goals.

2. Employee Performance Evaluations and Management Systems

From senior managers to line employees, government agencies must have systems that recognize and reward individuals for outstanding performance, while correcting inadequate performance. Most agencies do not possess adequate or meaningful employee performance management systems. By making performance evaluations measurable and outcome-based, agencies can ensure accountability among employees and make distinctions between high and low performing employees. To accomplish this, The Performance Institute uses its Logic Model approach to ensure that employee performance evaluations tier down from the agency strategic plan and specific program performance goals—covering SES managers and line employees.

3. Workforce Assessments

Most government agencies do not possess adequate workforce data to effectively plan for, allocate, and manage their human capital. This process is critical for the development of a human capital plan integrating strategies for recruiting and retaining high-quality employees. The Performance Institute can assist agencies in conducting a thorough workforce assessment examining workforce size and distribution, underrepresented demographic groups, rates of retirement and turnover and competency and skills gaps.

4. Hiring Flexibilities, Compensation Reform, and Recruitment Initiative Design

Streamlining hiring and recruitment policies is key to winning the battle for a quality workforce. Using its mastery of civil service flexibilities and the latest hiring techniques, The Performance Institute will work with agencies to ensure that their strategic recruitment initiatives are based on workforce analyses and human capital plans integrating strategies for filling mission-critical skills gaps. The Performance Institute promotes the development of recruitment initiatives integrating strategies for using personnel flexibilities and incentives and focusing on enhancing workforce diversity by targeting groups identified as underrepresented within the agency.

5. HR Performance Measurement

HR processes must be efficiently and effectively managed and evaluated to determine their contribution to the agency’s overall mission. The Performance Institute’s Logic Model Methodology promotes ongoing evaluation of human resources processes, such as individual recruitment initiatives, to ensure that agencies adopt the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining qualified candidates and make informed resource allocation decisions.

6. Internal Change Management

Every agency faces difficulty managing internal change—from program reorganization to redeployment of staff. To ensure successful implementation of changes, The Performance Institute will build the skills and capacities of human resources professionals to ensure that they play an integral part in internal change management by facilitating communications processes and working with employees to anticipate the agency’s changing needs.

Contact Blake Zach at 703-894-0481 or [email protected].

Implementing and Measuring Innovative Recruitment Strategies in Government

A comprehensive report cataloguing various recruitment initiatives being managed by federal agencies and assessing their relative success in attracting quality employees to federal government service. The project will survey all federal agencies to identify the most innovative recruitment initiatives, examine common lessons learned, review measures of performance, and evaluate overall recruitment success.

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