employee engagement

Join CMF and SHRM on Wednesday, April 7, for a webinar featuring former Rep. Brian Baird, a clinical psychologist, who will offer strategies for managers and staff to manage their emotions and response to trauma and stress related to the pandemic and the January 6 attacks. Watch the recording >>

Do you find yourself constantly reacting to other offices' agendas? Do your staff find it difficult to focus their energy to achieve significant accomplishments? Or does your boss keep adding priorities and goals, leaving your team scrambling to keep up, or pose questions about their legacy that leave you quaking in your boots? If so, this webinar on December 14 is for you!

CMF, in conjunction with the House Chiefs of Staff Association, invites senior congressional managers to join us on Wednesday, October 21 for a webinar on: "Sustainable Performance Management: How to Increase Efficiency and Productivity in Your Team."

Working remotely does not have to mean working alone. Wherever you are at 3 pm (Eastern) on Friday afternoon, relax in front of the laptop and join your colleagues, the Congressional Management Foundation, and some other friends of Hill staffers for a casual, lightly-programmed virtual staff happy hour. This week's topic of conversation: Managing a Congressional Office Remotely During a Crisis.

Last week, CMF and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) held a webinar for congressional staff on the topic of workplace flexibility ("workflex") and discussed how it IS possible to have these types of arrangements in Congress. Not to worry if you missed the webinar — we recorded it and also offer you a downloadable guide ("The Workflex Toolkit for Congress") that walks you through the various types of workflex (hint: it's more than telecommuting), addresses common concerns, and provides assessments and templates for you to implement workflex in your office.