Jill Nissan

Workforce Planning Program Manager
US Geological Survey

Jill Nissan is the Workforce Planning Program Manager in the Office of Human Resources at the U.S. Geological Survey. She has a Masters of Science in Organizational Development (OD) and Strategic Human Resources from Johns Hopkins University and has applied her OD skills to various human capital projects within the federal sector. She can be reached at jnissan@usgs.gov

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Collaborating to Develop an Engaged & Connected Workforce

Saturday, August 6th, 2016

14:15 Case Study Revolution: Creating an Informed Talent Assessment Strategy that Your Executives Can Execute

At USGS a significant outcome of the enterprise-level workforce planning process was approval to implement a formal succession planning process for the leadership ranks. The workforce planning team thought they had a great talent assessment plan ready to implement - until they hit a road block: resistance from high-level executives. When your executives are uncomfortable carrying out your assessment plan, how do you modify it to attain your organization's goals while also ensuring executive buy-in? Jill Nissan and Pam Agnew will discuss: Changing course to ensure all stakeholders are on-board
• Attempting a group level vs. an individual level assessment approach
• Ensuring your plan is executable to meet mission critical goals