Workforce Development,
Education & Training
Workforce Development (WD) at GPO is a critical human capital
process concerned with identifying future needs, developing
a productive workforce, examining the skills of employees
at all levels, and determining both strengths and skill gaps. WD
is responsible for helping to develop a workplace climate
that drives the attainment of current and future agency goals
through the use of transformational strategies in career
development, education, and training. In short, WD
is about preparing today's workforce for tomorrow's challenges.
GPO's strategic WD Plan promotes and establishes effective
leadership, training, and career programs that strengthen
the skills and abilities of managers and employees. This
WD Plan seeks to create a workplace climate that supports,
motivates, and gives every employee the opportunity to perform
up to their full potential. Major components of this
Plan include:
- Improving employee performance of current
duties;
- Providing various means for developing
employees' skills to meet current and future
organization needs;
- Providing opportunities for development
of high-potential employees;
- Providing employees with the necessary
competencies to meet changes in organization
policy, mission, structure, equipment or
technology;
- Maintaining specialized proficiencies;
- Assisting with the upward mobility of
lower-level employees.
Using a collaborative approach with the executive WD Advisory
Team, workforce development is able to provide resources,
information, support and facilitation to assist in developing
internal resources and systems to support on-going success
in organizational effectiveness, leadership development,
and diversity and inclusion efforts. WD is not solely
about training or educating employees, but involves transitioning
employees and their supervisors to adapt to changes in the
organization. WD impacts on the success of our Agency's
ability to recruit, promote, hire, and retain quality employees
in the workplace.
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