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JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. - Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall will host a quarterly town hall for employees Nov. 19, the first in a series meant to streamline communication with employees on base.
In an interview with the Pentagram, JBM-HH Chief of Staff Glenn Wait said the purpose of the town hall meetings is to keep employees informed about the JBM-HH strategic plan, workforce development, performance management, career planning and much more.
Quarterly town halls present an opportunity for employees to get pertinent information right from the source, Wait said.
“Our civilian employees have a lot of questions,” he said. “We’ve done a lot of sensing sessions and have determined a need for better communication with employees.”
And according to Wait, that communication will help the joint base develop and maintain a better workforce from the ground up.
“The idea is that you want your organization to be a place where people want to come to work and give their best,” Wait said. “So if you can communicate and break down some of these barriers between the old and the new, we can do what we can to be competitive.”
Organized by a partnership of the Plans, Analysis and Integration Office (PAIO) and the Directorate of Human Resources, the first quarter town hall will take place in the Joe Rosenthal Theater, Bldg. 29A, on the Henderson Hall portion of the joint base. There will be two sessions – one from 9 to 11 a.m. and another from 1 to 3 p.m.
Wait said the two sessions are meant to provide flexibility to employees.
Employees are required to attend one of the two meetings.
“It’s really important that we get our civilians there because then we’re talking straight to them,” Wait said. “There’s no middle man. We’re going straight to the workforce. What are the issues? What are the concerns? What do you want to know? Let’s dig into it and get an answer.”
Wait said JBM-HH’s strategic plan, which outlines how the base can continue to provide excellent customer service and facilities over the next decade, will be a key topic during the meeting.
Joint base leaders will also cover the performance management system, teleworking and Army Career Tracker, so employees can make sure they’re using all of the resources available to them.
“Every employee has access to Army Career Tracking,” Wait said. “It allows people to see where they fit into the organization and they can develop a plan for where they want to be five years, 10 years from now.”
Wait said these workforce development efforts tie into Army Installation Management Command’s 2015 Strategic Human Capital Plan, an effort to re-shape and optimize IMCOM’s operations.
“Our strategic goal is to become the premier provider of Army installation management by 2025 and the preferred choice for joint and expeditionary basing management throughout the world,” said Lt. Gen. David Halverson, then-IMCOM commander, in a statement at the beginning of the human capital plan that was published earlier this year. “To accomplish our goal, we must recognize that our people are our most valuable asset.”
And Wait agreed, adding that if the Army wants a bright future, it must develop leaders now.
“As we walk out the door, we need to make sure that we keep this organization going,” he said.
| Date Taken: | 11.19.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 11.20.2015 20:41 |
| Story ID: | 182548 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VA, US |
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