The Social Security Administration held a motivational management conference last week at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa to the tune of $700,000. This taxpayer expense paid for airfare, hotel rooms, entertainment, motivational speakers and food for some 675 managers. My first thought was… there are 675 managers? That in itself seems ridiculous. My second thought was how people do not see the realities of expanding government when there are examples all around us. This is just one of many. Just wait and see what happens when they implement universal healthcare, which will add another 48 of these agencies. Please pass this along to any big government advocates you know. (that would be liberals…but you might have to explain to them that they are big government advocates…many do not realize this)
And for those curious minds, here are the workshops the SSA called “essential” and had to be given at a spa instead of locally at their offices.
Multigenerational Communication – What you need to know to effectively manage four generations at work
Relations Shifts – Techniques to empower you to change the way you relate to your work, your colleagues, our organization and our customers
A Leadership Role in Strategic Management Planning – Learn how to be a strategic leader
Managing Diverse People – Forum to discuss diversity and management for all employees
eServices in SSA – Learn about new and innovative agency initiatives and how they will change the face of SSA and help us to meet the workload challenges ahead
Mentoring the Generations -Will help you engage effectively across all dimensions of diverse thoughts, ideas, attitudes, beliefs, behavior and values of all generations
Emotional Intelligence – Learn to “lead from where you stand” and focus on a wide array of competencies and skills that drive leadership performance
Policy Perspectives – Learn what’s driving SSA in terms of programs, staffing and beneficiaries, how we change policy, hot policy issues
Reasonable Accommodation – Learn how to recognize potential Reasonable Accommodation issues and what actions are needed when certain indicators are present
Health Information Technology – SSA plans for and use of health IT to improve our disability program
Improving Organizational Performance Through Employee Engagement – The effectiveness of engagement in improving organizational operations as well as the supervisory behaviors which foster greater engagement
Removing the Barriers – Learn a hands-on problem solving process that gives employees the opportunity to identify areas of conflicts and concerns in the workplace and options or solutions to address them
Interest Based Bargaining – Learn a collaborative process used for contract negotiations and daily problem solving that will benefit the organization as a whole
Leading at a Higher Level – Join a panel of current Senior Executive Service (SES) Career Development Program Associates and learn what steps they took to prepare themselves for placement in the SES
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