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Adapting in Action: Upskilling as a Strategic Response to Change
In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, upskilling is not only a cornerstone of workforce development, but also a strategic approach for enhancing organizational effectiveness and driving workplace efficiency. Compared to traditional training methods designed to facilitate long-term employee growth through formal, structured programs and curriculum, upskilling reflects a shift toward addressing immediate skill gaps and shifting…
Learning That Sticks: Building Effective Experiential Learning
In line with workforce modernization initiatives and a renewed focus on adaptability, efficiency, and operational effectiveness, organizations are exploring innovative training approaches. Experiential learning, while not a new methodology, has recently been gaining traction as a key strategy to upskill staff in critical areas and build a more agile, collaborative workforce. This hands-on approach to…
Workforce Planning: How Many People Do We Really Need?
A strategic workforce planning model can help organizations answer this intangible question and right size their workforce while continuing to meet their missions. Workforce planning models are analytical management tools that use some combination of quantifiable factors (e.g., workload, complexity of work, budget, and performance data) to predict staffing requirements. In other words, they use…
Group Spotlight: Accessibility/508 Shared Service
In honor of July being Disability Pride Month, we wanted to take this opportunity to spotlight a relevant capability area of FMP’s: Accessibility and Section 508 Compliance. We sat down with four members of FMP’s specialized Accessibility/508 team, Beth Chidester, Kayla Reid, Molly VanDorick, and Emma Wright to learn more about how they got started…
Take it from the Experts: Revisiting Workforce Planning Best Practices
Workforce planning is always incredibly important, but even more so during periods of change. A few years ago, we connected with four of FMP’s seasoned workforce planning experts to learn why they think workforce planning is more critical. Now, more than ever, we thought it would be helpful to revisit their insights into where and…
Workforce Planning: A Chat with Lesley Perkins
This month, we’re diving into the wonderful world of workforce planning, which has long been a staple capability area at FMP. Lesley Perkins, one of FMP’s resident workforce planning gurus shares some thoughts on the basics of the process, how she first got involved with this work, considerations for organizations, and more. What is workforce…
A Quick Introduction to Workforce Planning (Revamped)
Workforce planning is a systematic process to align an organization’s future workforce to strategic priorities by anticipating and identifying work requirements, to include both the numbers and types of employees and skills the future work will require. Organizations typically plan workforce needs 3-5 years in the future and develop action plans to mitigate identified gaps….
Employee Spotlight: Scott Burba
Let’s get to know Scott Burba! After several years of working with FMP as an external partner, Scott joined our full-time staff in early 2025 with a focus on IT systems and security work. He’s been a wonderful addition to the team, and we’re excited to spotlight him today! Tell us about your professional/educational background….
Return with Purpose: Supporting a Thoughtful Return to Office
Across industries—public and private alike—organizations are increasingly implementing return-to-office (RTO) policies that require employees, many of whom shifted to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, to return to the office full-time, five days a week. This shift has sparked a wide range of reactions. For employees, remote work has come to represent flexibility, autonomy, and…