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Making The Complex Clear: A Career Rooted in Communication
Over the past 12 years, my career has really centered around one thing: helping people make sense of complicated information in a way that feels clear, useful, and approachable. Whether working in healthcare or federal consulting, I’ve always gravitated toward roles where communication, strategy, and problem solving intersect. My professional background started in public health…
Navigating Change: A Practical Guide
If one thing is certain, it’s that we all experience change at some point in our careers. Whether driven by new technology, organizational restructuring, or external factors, change can have a significant impact on how we perceive our organizations, our roles, and even ourselves. Successfully adapting to change requires a flexible, thoughtful approach that balances…
Thriving Through Technology Transitions (It’s Not Just About the Tech)
If it feels like technology changes never slow down, you’re not imagining it. New systems. New tools. New platforms. Each one promises to make work easier, faster, or more efficient. And yet many organizations walk away wondering why things don’t feel better after go-live. In our experience working with clients on organizational transformation, technology implementation,…
How to Develop the Leadership Skills You Need for 2025 and Beyond
It’s clear that the skills required to lead effectively are shifting. The rapidly evolving landscape, shaped by economic pressures, advances in artificial intelligence, hybrid work models, and more, calls for a different kind of leadership. Our first blog post in this two-part series, What Makes a Great Leader in 2025?, explored the traits that strong leaders…
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…
The Efficiency Edge: Implementing Business Process Improvement for Maximum Impact
In the first two blogs of our Efficiency Edge series, I highlighted the benefits that BPI can offer for work processes and organizational performance, and the key approaches for implementing it. In the third and final blog of the series, I explore best practices and considerations when implementing new or updated processes. Any organizational change…
Impactful Communication in the Age of Information Overload
Feel as though you’re wading through dozens of emails, social media posts, news articles, text messages, news streams, radio messages, podcast voices, and Teams messages each day? You’re not alone. The flow of information is seemingly never-ending and growing by the day, yet our mental bandwidth isn’t expanding to match its pace. The best communicators…