To get the right people, with the right skills, in the right positions, at the right time, with the right incentives to perform the right function takes an experienced and skilled human capital manager. The Performance Institute’s Center for Human Capital Management focuses specifically on building the skills and capacities of HR managers and staff to enable them to address the challenges they face on a daily basis. The Performance Institute’s Center for Human Capital Management studies and identifies best practices for recruiting, retaining and rewarding quality employees in government. Each interactive training and national conference includes experts from the human capital field who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to every session. In addition to conferences and training sessions, The Institute seeks to broaden the dialogue on government management challenges through research reports and white papers addressing pressing issues in the federal government.
OMB Sets Goals for Federal Hiring Reform
The federal hiring process has been criticized by many as a long, complicated and exhaustive process; creating the need for a hiring reform, which both OMB Director Peter Orszag and OPM Director John Berry have put amongst their top priorities. Agencies are expected to accomplish four specific goals within the next six months.
OPM’s agenda: Governmentwide Pay for Performance
Within the next two years OPM Director John Berry seeks to significantly reform the civil service system with a goal of establishing a governmentwide pay-for-performance system. The new system would be standardized across agencies – praising outstanding performers with larger… More »
Obama Management Framework Outlined
The Obama administration has outlined its management agenda based on six themes aimed at “building a high-performing government,” the analytical perspectives volume of the fiscal 2010 budget stated.