Management Concepts Announces Results of Federal Workforce Management Survey

TYSONS CORNER, Va., Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Management Concepts Inc., the nation's premier provider of professional development, performance improvement, and human capital solutions for the public sector, today, in partnership with Government Business Council (GBC), announces the release of the report "Unleveraged Talent: Exploring Gaps in Federal Workforce Management."

In order to further explore issues and challenges hampering Federal talent management strategies, Management Concepts and GBC partnered to survey Federal workers from over 30 different departments and agencies. While responses showed roughly half of all respondents were confident in their organization's ability to maintain productivity throughout the new Presidential transition, survey results otherwise described a workforce that desires a variety of improvements to workforce management and strategies for talent management.

Key findings include:

• Over 70% of respondents report that their organization faces critical workforce skills gaps.
• Only 29% of respondents agree or strongly agree that employees within their organization advance based on skills/achievements.
• 82% of respondents feel their managers are unresponsive or slow to address reported employee issues, such as training needs and performance issues.
• 72% of respondents said their organization either has talent management guidelines in place and does not consistently refer to them or has not clearly defined or employed such guidelines.

"Assessing the state of skills gaps in the Federal workforce is as crucial as ever," said Stephen Maier, President of Management Concepts. "Throughout the first months of the new President's administration, a renewed emphasis on accountability and performance measurement will likely require agencies to re-examine how they unleash the best work from their people. The findings in this report outline the next steps for agencies to improve their talent management strategy."

For more information and to download the report, visit http://www.managementconcepts.com/TalentGaps

About Management Concepts
Management Concepts is the leading provider of professional development, performance improvement, and human capital solutions to the public sector. Since 1973, we've collaborated with and supported every major agency in the Federal government, thousands of state and local government offices, numerous non-profit organizations and universities, and hundreds of corporations; unleashing the potential of more than one million individuals and enhancing the performance of teams and organizations. Visit www.ManagementConcepts.com and follow us on Twitter @Mgmt_Concepts.

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