Articles by Robbie Kunreuther
Goals, Objectives, and the Everyday Employee
Federal employees who perform civil service work year in and year out do not need to have their evaluations tied to the agency's strategic planning process.
Posted: March 11, 2008 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Why Have Supervisors?
We take our best employees and pay them more money to do less of what made them the best. Moreover, we put them in leadership positions when their leadership skills are often untested and unknown. So how do managers make the investment in their salaries and benefits a worthwhile expense?
Posted: January 8, 2008 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Evaluating EEO As If It Really Mattered
Writing a performance standard for EEO is different than in other areas. Here is why it is different and a suggestion for writing a better standard.
Posted: November 27, 2007 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
"So, Mr. Einstein, what do you plan to come up with next year?"
Performance appraisals are becoming more important to federal employees as pay for performance plans expand. What appraisal techniques work and which ones do not? Absurd performance standards can result if an agency does not pay close attention to how they are being written. Here are suggestions from an expert in the area of writing performance standards.
Posted: October 25, 2007 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Appraisals, Objectivity, and the Little Black Book
Controversy continue around pay-for-performance in government despite apprehensions by many employees and supervisors. Successful performance appraisals require a system that works well. The author has a "modest proposal" to help supervisors and managers be more objective in rating employees.
Posted: April 26, 2007 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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Robbie worked for the Social Security Administration and Department of the Navy for over 13 years before dropping out of government… but he never really left. He began teaching seminars to Federal supervisors, managers, and union officials for a fledgling company called FPMI. In 1990 Robbie moved to Seattle, WA and began his own one-person training company – Government Personnel Services. He continues that enterprise today [see www.trainingfeds.com]. All of his clients are Federal agencies and the National Guard.
The perspectives in Robbie’s articles come "from the field" and from more than 30 years reflecting on why HR programs work… or don't. They stem from his experience in the areas of labor and employee relations and his attempts to make sense of Federal performance appraisal systems. When not teaching seminars, Robbie volunteers many hours as a Federal, municipal, and community mediator in the Seattle area.
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