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A Forward-Thinking Look at Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results – By Susan Bradberry
Today OPM will issue the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) to collect employees’ perceptions about their workforce environment and the work of their team, supervisors and leaders. To be certain, this year’s results will be colored by employee reactions...
The Need for Data Driven Decision Making to Enable Transformation in this New Normal (by Colin Waitt)
A short note from the Dining Room Table The majority of the Federal workforce still is grappling with a return to work as discussed in previous posts and seen in numerous government related articles and op-eds. And while some agencies are leaning forward there is...
The Importance of Pausing to Plan for the Future Work Environment (by Colin Waitt)
Dining Room Table Discussion (Written by Colin Waitt June 11) The government COVID-19 return to work planning is a complicated scenario that requires to be thought through as the implications of wrong moves can have severe repercussions on the workforce. This is...
The Importance of Networks In This Remote Working Environment (by Colin Waitt)
Another Dining Room Table Comment: I have been having some interesting discussions with our hard-pressed federal HR professionals recently and one point that everyone is saying is how well things are going – much better than expected. This is good news and a credit...
Meeting the Unmet Needs of Our Employees and Customers (By Regina Krasner, PMP)
Meeting the Unmet Needs of Our Employees and Customers By Regina Krasner, PMP AvantGarde’s Strategy and Change Management Expert “Just because someone carries it all so well doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.” Being a leader in this time of public health, economic and...
Another Missive from the HC Dining Room Table – Very delayed (By Colin Waitt)
Another Missive From The HC Dining Room Table - Very Delayed By Colin Waitt - Director of Strategic Growth It is very easy to get so engrossed in the day to day and forget to look up and stop and think. This seems to be especially so when working remote. You would...
AG White Paper Telework in COVID-19 Environment (By Colin Waitt)
COVID-19 has brought about unthinkable change in a short period of time. While OMB and OPM have provided guidelines (e.g. OMB-20-23, Aligning Federal Agency Operations with the National Guidelines for Opening Up America Again), agencies are still grabbling with new...
May 9, 2020 AG Teams Up To Serve Austin Police Dept. 500 meals
AvantGarde, LLC linking arms with Taco Man 512, LaunchPad, King’s Hawaiian, and The Peached Tortilla to serve 500 meals to Austin Police Department.
May 6, 2020 AG Teams Up To Serve 500 medical staff at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center
AG teamed up with local non profit LaunchPad The Center and small businesses Taco Man 512 and The Peached Tortilla for big win, serving 500 meals to hard working medical staff at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center.
AG’s CEO Rebecca Contreras was named a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award Winner by Enterprising Women Magazine
Prestigious Awards Program Recognizes World’s Top Women Entrepreneurs Enterprising Women magazine, has announced the winners of the 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards, an annual tribute to the world’s top women entrepreneurs. Honorees will be recognized at the...
April 23, 2020 AvantGarde, LaunchPad, and TacoMan512 team up to serve over 500 first responders at Dell Children’s Medical Center
AvantGarde, LaunchPad, and TacoMan512 teamed up to serve 500+ street taco plates for the Dell Children’s Medical Center staff on April 20, 2020. Here’s a quote from a head nurse at Dell Children’s Medical Center expressing their gratitude. “Thank you so much for your...
April 2, 2020 AG Serve Our Neighbor Initiative: St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
Local Small Businesses Team to Give Back to Medical Frontline Responders AvantGarde sponsored lunch for 150+ medical staff who serve in the ER, ICU, and the Cancer Center at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center on April 2, 11am-1:30pm. AG teamed up with local...
AG Sponsors Dec 2019 Military Outreach in Ft. Hood for 2nd Year
AG supports our men and women in uniform, and this is our second year in a row being a corporate sponsor for this tremendous effort to support 800 Ft. Hood families in Texas! AG CEO Rebecca Contreras took part in the Holiday Splash Event in Ft. Hood where 1,300...
AG’s CEO Rebecca Contreras was recently named in the 2019 top 50 “Women 2 Watch” by Women’s President Organization.
This announcement shows WPO’s new ranking of Women 2 Watch annually; the list highlights WPO members from around the world (10,000 members) and bases the nomination on a mathematical formula for growth. The majority women owned companies are asked to submit their...
2019 Family Picnic Recap
Saturday, June 1st marked another milestone for the AG Family; it was the 4th annual summer outing for team members and their immediate families. This year’s venue was 125-acre Montpelier Farms Family Fun Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland; a working farm dating back to...