Philippe Lussier

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human Resources
Department of State

Mr. Lussier is currently a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Human Resources, U.S. State Department, leading the Department’s workforce planning and analysis, resource management, HR systems operations and development, Civil Service human resource management , labor management, and casualty assistance functions. He has been at the U.S. Department of State since November 2004, first as the Division Chief for Workforce Planning and Analysis and then as Office Director for Resource Management and Organization Analysis, Bureau of Human Resources.

He is responsible for the Department’s Foreign Service promotion and hiring plans, the 5-Year Workforce and Succession Plan, Civil Service personnel policies, Executive Resources Management, Workforce Analytics and $500 million in operating funds.

A former career Air Force Officer, he also spent 8 years in private industry at LMI Government Consulting.

Mr. Lussier is a 2009 and 2015 recipient of a Meritorious Executive, Presidential Rank Award.

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Recruiting a Representational & Competitive Public Service

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

11:10 Panel Revolution: Leading in a Four Generational Workplace

This year marked the first time Millennial adults outnumber the baby boomers. But getting Millennials to join the public sector is hard work - and when you get them here it is even harder to make sure they will stick around. Savvy leadership requires promoting and not resisting a change in culture that encourages communication and knowledge sharing to fill the generational gaps. This session will address what agencies are doing to:
• End short-sightedness in training your workforce
• Invest in new hires to avoid replacing them
• Build training and development to address differences in learning methods