Program Overview

Do you find yourself constantly reacting to other offices' agendas? Do your staff find it difficult to focus their energy to achieve significant accomplishments? Or does your boss keep adding priorities and goals, leaving your team scrambling to keep up, or pose questions about their legacy that leave you quaking in your boots? If so, this session, presented in conjunction with the House Chiefs of Staff Association, is for you!

You will learn how to:

• Create and select (at most) 5 major strategic goals to pursue in line with your boss mission statement
• Engage your staff in the overall office goals
• Develop an implementation plan for your office for the rest of this Congress, and
• Incorporate the current political environment into your office priorities

Event Details

Thursday, November 7

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Eastern

2043 Rayburn

How to Register

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This program is for senior House staff only - lunch will be provided.

About the Presenter

Brad Fitch, CMF's President and CEO, will lead this program. Brad has extensive consulting and teaching experience, both at CMF and at American University, where he served as an adjunct Associate Professor. Brad worked on Capitol Hill for 13 years in a variety of positions for four Members of Congress; he has written two books and edited and co-authored several of CMF's publications, including Setting Course: A Congressional Management Guide.

More Information

The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building trust and effectiveness in Congress. CMF does not employ or retain a registered lobbyist. Our programs comply with both House and Senate ethics rules and laws, allowing staff to attend.