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Shift Happens: How to Rise with Federal Workforce Reform

How federal employees can forge ahead with a resilient mindset in a reformed workplace.

Federal Government Reform Training Courses:
Transitioning Back to the Office | Creating a Performance Culture
Enhancing Conduct Standards | Flexible & Streamlined Workforce

Reform across the federal workplace is underway—and it’s reshaping how teams work and succeed. Led by the Office of Personnel Management, this shift is anchored in four pillars: Return to the Office, Performance Culture, Streamlined and Flexible Workforce, and Enhanced Standards of Conduct.

Four Ways to Stay Ahead of the Shift

To help you stay ahead, we’ve summarized each of the four pillars, what they mean, and key actions leaders and teams can take.

1.) Employees Returning to the Office

Key Shift: Remote work ends for most federal employees, with a mandatory return to in-office presence.
Rebuilding Workplace Culture:
- Actively reconnect with your team, build trust, and sharpen awareness of each member’s skills and strengths.
- Encourage relationship-building across departments, helping teams work more fluidly and break down silos.

◈ Course Training: Successful Transition Back to the Office

2.) Performance Culture

Key Shift: Emphasis on rewarding high performance and addressing underperformance more decisively.
Commit to High-Performance Standards:
- Proactively seek feedback, mentorship, and training aligned with updated performance expectations.
- Focus on both quantitative and qualitative results, and align your role with the new goals of your team, department, and agency.

◈ Course Training: Creating a Performance Culture

3.) A Streamlined & Flexible Workforce

Key Shift: Federal agencies are downsizing through restructures and furloughs, with shifting job responsibilities and rising expectations for the workforce.
Adapt to Workforce Flexibility:
- Remain open and adopt a go-with-the-flow mentality to role shifts, cross-functional duties, or lateral moves.
- Participate in training that supports adaptability, such as change management, process efficiency, or the use of new tech tools.

◈ Course Training: Leading a Streamlined, Flexible Workforce

4.) Enhanced Standards of Ethical Conduct

Key Shift: Tighter enforcement on ethics, accountability, and suitability.
Demonstrate Integrity and Accountability:
- Seek out new policies, ask questions to show active engagement, and apply them directly to your day-to-day decision-making.
- Prepare a Communications Brief to anticipate employee pushback and clarify expectations around the new ethical standards.

◈ Course Training: Enhancing Standards of Conduct at Work

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Shift Happens: How to Rise with Federal Workforce Reform

How federal employees can forge ahead with a resilient mindset in a reformed workplace.

Federal Government Reform Training Courses:
Transitioning Back to the Office | Creating a Performance Culture
Enhancing Conduct Standards | Flexible & Streamlined Workforce

Reform across the federal workplace is underway—and it’s reshaping how teams work and succeed. Led by the Office of Personnel Management, this shift is anchored in four pillars: Return to the Office, Performance Culture, Streamlined and Flexible Workforce, and Enhanced Standards of Conduct.

Four Ways to Stay Ahead of the Shift

To help you stay ahead, we’ve summarized each of the four pillars, what they mean, and key actions leaders and teams can take.

1.) Employees Returning to the Office

Key Shift: Remote work ends for most federal employees, with a mandatory return to in-office presence.
Rebuilding Workplace Culture:
- Actively reconnect with your team, build trust, and sharpen awareness of each member’s skills and strengths.
- Encourage relationship-building across departments, helping teams work more fluidly and break down silos.

◈ Course Training: Successful Transition Back to the Office

2.) Performance Culture

Key Shift: Emphasis on rewarding high performance and addressing underperformance more decisively.
Commit to High-Performance Standards:
- Proactively seek feedback, mentorship, and training aligned with updated performance expectations.
- Focus on both quantitative and qualitative results, and align your role with the new goals of your team, department, and agency.

◈ Course Training: Creating a Performance Culture

3.) A Streamlined & Flexible Workforce

Key Shift: Federal agencies are downsizing through restructures and furloughs, with shifting job responsibilities and rising expectations for the workforce.
Adapt to Workforce Flexibility:
- Remain open and adopt a go-with-the-flow mentality to role shifts, cross-functional duties, or lateral moves.
- Participate in training that supports adaptability, such as change management, process efficiency, or the use of new tech tools.

◈ Course Training: Leading a Streamlined, Flexible Workforce

4.) Enhanced Standards of Ethical Conduct

Key Shift: Tighter enforcement on ethics, accountability, and suitability.
Demonstrate Integrity and Accountability:
- Seek out new policies, ask questions to show active engagement, and apply them directly to your day-to-day decision-making.
- Prepare a Communications Brief to anticipate employee pushback and clarify expectations around the new ethical standards.

◈ Course Training: Enhancing Standards of Conduct at Work