1. Given what you’ve heard on today’s call, should you be selected for this position, what would be your top three priorities?
Given that as time goes by, and things change based on the two forces:
Interior – attrition, culture climate, employee benefits (telework, flexible work schedules, quality of work-life and work-life balance, etc.), and
Exterior – changes in Agency mission, Congressional and Legislative mandates, competing job market, etc.
My top three priorities will change from time to time. I have built my career working from the GS-5 level to the position of a Senior Executive. I have spent time at each level and understand the operational responsibilities and constraints at each level within Federal organizations. That helped …show more content…
Although I am not a teleworker myself, I find that telework is a great motivational tool and resource. Why make someone take a full 8-hours of leave for a 45-minute doctors appointment out where they live? Doesn’t make sense to lose their full day of productivity, so let them telework the rest of the day? There are many training opportunities out there, both free and paid. I believe in mentoring employees and allowing them to shadow me. When I was an E-4 in the army a Major invited me to a strategic planning meeting. I had no clue what I was doing there, but I wanted to get more involved because I learned so much. I started working harder so maybe I could get invited to more of those types of things. There are a lot of things within our toolbox as leaders that we can tap into, and I am willing to use them to get better.
Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the questions. If you would like, I will share my stellar FEVs results with you. I am very proud of them. What I am more proud of is that I have led healthy organizations with happy employees that still achieve the mission and win every customer support and efficiency award within the Department year after
Given that as time goes by, and things change based on the two forces:
Interior – attrition, culture climate, employee benefits (telework, flexible work schedules, quality of work-life and work-life balance, etc.), and
Exterior – changes in Agency mission, Congressional and Legislative mandates, competing job market, etc.
My top three priorities will change from time to time. I have built my career working from the GS-5 level to the position of a Senior Executive. I have spent time at each level and understand the operational responsibilities and constraints at each level within Federal organizations. That helped …show more content…
Although I am not a teleworker myself, I find that telework is a great motivational tool and resource. Why make someone take a full 8-hours of leave for a 45-minute doctors appointment out where they live? Doesn’t make sense to lose their full day of productivity, so let them telework the rest of the day? There are many training opportunities out there, both free and paid. I believe in mentoring employees and allowing them to shadow me. When I was an E-4 in the army a Major invited me to a strategic planning meeting. I had no clue what I was doing there, but I wanted to get more involved because I learned so much. I started working harder so maybe I could get invited to more of those types of things. There are a lot of things within our toolbox as leaders that we can tap into, and I am willing to use them to get better.
Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the questions. If you would like, I will share my stellar FEVs results with you. I am very proud of them. What I am more proud of is that I have led healthy organizations with happy employees that still achieve the mission and win every customer support and efficiency award within the Department year after