HCMG 2014 (past event)

December 02 - 04, 2014

Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria , VA

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Day 2

07:00 - 07:55 Continental Breakfast & Registration In The Solutions Zone

07:55 - 08:00 Welcome Remarks

08:00 - 08:10 Chairperson’s Opening Address

Melissa Peak

Vice President, Government and Security
Apollo Education Group

08:10 - 08:30 Opening Keynote: Capturing And Assessing The True Value Of Institutional Knowledge Before It Leaves The Organization

Brandon Guzzone

CLO, Office of Learning and Workforce Development
Department of Energy

08:30 - 08:50 Keynote: Excellence In Supervisory And Managerial Leadership Development

Julie Brill

Group Training and Executive Development Manager
Office of Personnel Management

08:50 - 09:30 Panel: Driving Mission Success Through Learning; Going Beyond Training To Raise Performance Benchmarks

Learning that is tied to enhanced organizational performance drives better mission outcomes. This panel will examine the role of learning to go beyond training to raise performance benchmarks, helping to improve operational outcomes across the federal enterprise. Federal learning pioneers and experts will provide real world examples of how to capitalize on learning as a mission driver.

Susan Yarwood

Director of the Human Resources Directorate
Office of the Secretary of Defense

09:30 - 10:20 Cornerstone OnDemand Benchmarking Survey & Morning Networking Break In The Solutions Zone

Learning that is tied to enhanced organizational performance drives better mission outcomes. This panel will examine the role of learning to go beyond training to raise performance benchmarks, helping to improve operational outcomes across the federal enterprise. Federal learning pioneers and experts will provide real world examples of how to capitalize on learning as a mission driver.
In these trying times, we are all leading on a day-to-day basis, not just senior staff. Now that we are relying more on the front line to make critical decisions, how are we creating strong leaders & building a sustainable culture of leadership?

Paula Chandler

Human Resources
Department of Transportation

Reginald Mebane

Director Office of Diversity Management and Equal Employment Opportunity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kathy Miller

Director, Human Capital Management
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

Maureen McLaren

Director, K-12 Education
Cornerstone OnDemand

11:00 - 11:20 Best Practice Flashlight: Prospects For Civil Service Reform

There is a general consensus that major parts of the federal civil service system are broken but less agreement on how to fix it and whether there is any real possibility for reform in today’s climate. A discussion of specific proposals for reform and an assessment of the prospects for that reform actually happening.
John Palguta, Vice President for Policy at Partnership for Public Service

John Palguta

Vice President for Policy
Partnership for Public Service

*Join two groups for 30mins each for the best conversations you’ll have all year!
1) Using Evidence-Based Practices To Close Executive and MCO Skills Gaps
Rhonda Jones, Assistant Director, Human Capital Planning & Executive Resources, Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency
Erin Park, Human Resource Specialist, Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency
2) Linking Individual Performance To Organizational Performance: How To Build A Performance Culture
Rebecca Ayers, Manager, Performance Management Solutions, OPM
3) Strategic Workforce Planning in a ‘Bottom-Up’ Organizational Culture
Jill Nissan, Workforce Planning Program Manager, US Geological Survey
4) Capturing And Assessing The True Value Of Institutional Knowledge Before It Leaves The Organization
Brandon Guzzone, CLO, Office of Learning and Workforce Development, Department of Energy
5) Prospects For Civil Service Reform
John Palguta, VP, Policy, Partnership for Public Service
6) Vote For A Topic To Be Discussed
Freeflow Conversation
John Palguta, Vice President for Policy at Partnership for Public Service

John Palguta

Vice President for Policy
Partnership for Public Service

Rhonda Jones

Assistant Director of Human Capital Planning & Executive Resources
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

Jill Nissan

Workforce Planning Program Manager
US Geological Survey

Rebecca Ayers

Manager, Performance Management
US Office of Personnel Management - Kansas City

Erin Park

Human Resource Specialist
Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency

Brandon Guzzone

CLO, Office of Learning and Workforce Development
Department of Energy

12:20 - 13:50 Lunch For All Attendees & HCMG Awards Ceremony



Tim Geisert

Vice President - Smarter Workforce, IBM Corporation
IBM Smarter Workforce

13:55 - 14:15 Afternoon Keynote: Leadership Development, Assessment & Talent Management Initiatives

Building strong and agile leaders at each level of the organization, preparing them to operate in a complex environment. Determining specific leadership competencies to select and develop high performing leaders. Assessing the talent pipeline and incorporating the human capital lifecycle in talent management developmental opportunities (plan/recruit/develop/retain).

Sue Engelhardt

Director of Human Resources
US Army Corps of Engineers

How agencies can use career pathing frameworks to drive more effective workforce planning, succession planning, and employee engagement programs. Here we explore how competency-based career pathing creates a stronger, more predictable internal pipeline for the agency and integrates often misaligned HR programs while retaining high performing employees & facilitating movement of lower performers into roles in which they can excel.

Jamie Ann Neidig

Director of Product Management, Leadership and Management, Analytics, Human
Management Concepts

Ruth Ann Abrams

Assistant Secretary
Postal Regulatory Commission

Ralph Charlip

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Operations and Management Veterans Employment a
Department of Labor

Marcus Brownrigg

Deputy Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary

Allowing managers to describe their needs for people with requisite skills & experience, establishing sound recruitment & training criteria and linking unit & individual goals to mission performance. How are we measuring the quality of the match between people characteristics and position characteristics?

William Ferree, Manager of Web-Enabled Programs at Naval War College

William Ferree

Manager of Web-Enabled Programs
Naval War College

Charlene McCollum

Director of Policy and Program Management Division
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Verron "Ron" Brade

Director, Human Capital Management Group, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA

Kalaida Holmes

Lead Human Resource Specialist
US Environmental Protection Agency

15:35 - 16:10 Afternoon Networking Break In The Solutions Zone


*Join two groups for 30mins each for the best conversations you’ll have all year!

1)Best Practice In Identifying & Closing Skill Gaps

Chaletta McCoy, Staff Director, Human Capital Program Development, Defense Logistics Agency

2)Essential Components of A Proactive Mentoring & Coaching Program

Jewel Baldwin, Sr. Human Resources Specialist, Office of Workforce Acquisitions, Library Of Congress

3)Sourcing Private Sector Solutions In The Federal Marketplace

Richard Vinnacombe, Branch Chief, Human Resources Solutions, OPM

4)Lessons Learned In Adopting A Program Of Information Dominance

Mary Jones, Assistant Chief of Staff for Training and Education, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

5)Designed To Work; Ensuring That Your Development Program Truly Engages, Motivates And Drives High Performance

Kimberly Powell, Director, Office of Workforce Performance and Development, Library of Congress

6)Leadership Development, Assessment & Talent Management Initiatives

Sue Engelhardt, Director, Human Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers

Richard Vinnacombe

Branch Chief of Human Resources Solutions
OPM

Chaletta McCoy

Human Resources Specialist, GS-201-14
Defense Logistics Agency

Jewel Baldwin

Senior Human Reasource Specialist
Library of Congress

Sue Engelhardt

Director of Human Resources
US Army Corps of Engineers

Mary Jones

N1 Total Force Assistant Chief of Staff
US Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command

Kimberly Powell

Director for Workforce Performance Management and Development
United States Congress

17:10 - 23:59 End of Day Two