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Stressed about NSPS?
Discover how to win with the newest innovation to the Federal Government's pay
and performance system in 50 years!
Dear Friend,
When you hear NSPS, what comes to mind?
Usually, the word evokes:
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fear
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mistrust
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anger
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apathy
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despair
It’s reduced employees to tears, fits of
rage, and immediate displays of “attitude.” The unions hate it, seasoned
employees loathe it, and newer employees view it with caution.
Rumors abound about
NSPS: It’s a
Workers will lose their benefits, seniority,
promotability, and probably lots of money. Job security is gone. Out with the
old, in with the new.
I’ve heard all of this and more.
I beg to differ.
Who am I and why do I disagree?
I’m Malcolm O.
Munro, the Career Fitness Coach. I’m a professional speaker, author,
consultant, and coach who has, for the past three years, been involved in the
communication and training of supervisors in the NSPS. By the way, in case
you’re wondering, NSPS stands for National Security Personnel System.
I began working the process with the Air
Force. As part of a training force with a contractor, I taught supervisors how
to have productive conversations around NSPS. Believe me, all the comments in
the paragraphs above were constants in my workshops. After teaching over 80
workshops to probably around 2,000 employees, I began to see the above patterns
emerge.
Once NSPS was officially implemented, the
patterns shifted to resignation that the system would not go away (this seemed
to coincide with Donald Rumsfeld’s firing in 2006) and employees began thinking
of ways to make the best of the new system. I began training groups in other DoD
components on writing job objectives and self-assessments. The more I taught
that curriculum, the more I realized how a motivated employee could benefit from
this system. In fact, a motivated employee who maximized the system could make a
lot of money!
Now I’m sure there are some who are skeptical
even as they read this. I don’t blame them. This is the first major change in
the Federal Government system in over 50 years. There is still a portion of
this system that’s subjective in nature. You may also know someone in the system
who may have not done well after the Pay Pool shares were handed out. Here’s
what I’ll tell you:
Focus on what you
CAN change and not on all the possible things that MIGHT go wrong.
Let me show you how to win with this system!
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