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2016 Annual Report

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I. Management’s Discussion and Analysis

The Year in Review

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF STRATEGIC RESOURCES

The FDIC recognizes that it must effectively manage its human, financial, and technological resources to carry out its mission successfully and meet the performance goals and targets set forth in its annual performance plan. The FDIC must align these strategic resources with its mission and goals and deploy them where they are most needed to enhance its operational effectiveness and minimize potential financial risks to the DIF. Following are the FDIC’s major accomplishments in improving operational efficiency and effectiveness during 2016.

Human Capital Management

The FDIC’s human capital management programs are designed to attract, train and develop, reward, and retain a highly skilled, diverse, and results-oriented workforce. In 2016, the FDIC workforce planning initiatives emphasized the need to plan for employees to fulfill current and future capabilities and leadership needs. This focus ensures that the FDIC has a workforce positioned to meet today’s core responsibilities and prepared to fulfill its mission in the years ahead.

Strategic Workforce Planning and Readiness

During 2016, the FDIC continued to develop and implement the Workforce Development Initiative, an integrated strategy to address workforce challenges and opportunities. The effort is focused on four broad objectives:

  1. attract and develop talented employees across the agency;
  2. enhance the capabilities of employees through training and diverse work experiences;
  3. encourage employees to engage in active career development planning and seek leadership roles in the FDIC; and
  4. build on and strengthen the FDIC’s operations to support these efforts.

In 2016, the FDIC continued to develop the infrastructure, governance, programs, and processes to help meet its long-term workforce and leadership needs. The FDIC is committed to building and expanding its talent pipeline to ensure succession challenges are met. To that end, the agency expanded its succession planning review process in 2016 to include all managers. The effort began with a survey to assess the level of aspiration among current managers. More than two-thirds of current managers reported that they were interested in seeking higher-level positions at the FDIC, demonstrating their ongoing interest in leadership development. Senior FDIC leaders from across the agency then convened to discuss leadership needs and strategies to address them, including efforts to develop the pipeline of the FDIC’s aspiring leadership pool.

As a result of the succession planning review process, FDIC managers received recommendations to participate in diverse programs to enhance their leadership capabilities, including the Leadership Mentoring Program, external educational opportunities through Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, executive coaching, and enriched management training.

The FDIC also continued to focus on ensuring the availability of a workforce equipped to meet today’s responsibilities, while simultaneously preparing for future capability needs. The FDIC furthered development of a Career Paths initiative, targeted at non-supervisory employees at all levels, to promote the acquisition of cross-organizational skills and knowledge. Additional support is provided to employees seeking professional development opportunities through expanded career management services.

The FDIC’s strategic workforce planning initiatives require a long-term and sustained focus to identify future workforce and leadership needs, assess current capabilities, support aspiration to management and leadership roles, and develop and source the talent to meet emerging workforce needs. Through further development of its human capital strategies, the FDIC will work to ensure that the future FDIC workforce is as prepared, capable, and dedicated as the one it has today.

Corporate Employee Program

The FDIC’s Corporate Employee Program (CEP) sponsors the development of newly hired Financial Institution Specialists (FISs) in entry-level positions. The CEP encompasses major FDIC divisions where FISs are trained to become part of a highly effective workforce. During the first-year rotation within the program, FISs gain experience and knowledge in the core business of the FDIC, including the Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection (DCP), the Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS), the Division of Resolutions and Receiverships (DRR), and the Division of Insurance (DIR). At the conclusion of the rotation period, FISs are placed within RMS, DCP, or DRR, where they continue their career path to become commissioned examiners or resolutions and receiverships specialists.

The CEP is an essential part of the FDIC’s ability to provide continual cross-divisional staff mobility. Since the CEP’s inception in 2005, 1,600 individuals have joined the FDIC through this multi-discipline program, and more than 770 have become commissioned examiners after successfully completing the program’s requirements.

The FDIC continues to sponsor the Financial Management Scholars Program (FMSP), an additional hiring source for the CEP. Participants in the FMSP complete an internship with the FDIC the summer following the conclusion of their junior year in college. The program serves as an additional venue to recruit talent.

Employee Learning and Development

The FDIC is committed to the learning and development of its employees throughout their careers to enrich technical proficiency and leadership capacity, supporting career progression and succession management. In 2016, the FDIC focused on developing and implementing comprehensive curricula for its business lines to prepare employees to meet new challenges. Such training, which includes both classroom and online instruction for maximum flexibility, is a critical part of workforce and succession planning as more experienced employees become eligible for retirement.

The FDIC also offers a comprehensive leadership development program that combines core courses, electives, and other enrichment opportunities to develop employees at all levels. From new employees to new executives, the FDIC provides employees with targeted leadership development opportunities that align with key leadership competencies. In addition to a broad array of internally developed and administered courses, the FDIC also provides its employees with funds and/or time to participate in external training to support their career development.

Corporate Risk Management

During 2016, the Office of Corporate Risk Management (OCRM) worked with divisions and offices to advance common agency-wide processes for identifying, managing, and mitigating risks to the FDIC. OCRM assisted and supported the Enterprise Risk Committee, Executive Management Committee, External Risk Forum, and Management Risk Roundtable in reviewing risks across the agency. OCRM monitors material risks and mitigation activities, including the following:

Employee Engagement

The FDIC continually evaluates its human capital programs and strategies to ensure that the agency remains an employer of choice and that all of its employees are fully engaged and aligned with the mission. The FDIC uses the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey mandated by Congress to solicit information from employees, and takes an agency-wide approach to address key issues identified in the survey. In December 2016, the FDIC received an award from the Partnership for Public Service for being ranked number one among mid-sized federal agencies on the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government ® list. Effective leadership is the primary factor driving employee satisfaction and commitment in the federal workplace, according to a report by the Partnership for Public Service.

The FDIC’s Workplace Excellence (WE) program plays an important role in helping the FDIC engage employees. The WE program is composed of a national-level WE Steering Committee and Division/Office WE Councils that are focused on maintaining, enhancing, and institutionalizing a positive workplace environment throughout the agency. In addition to the WE program, the FDIC-National Treasury Employees Union Labor Management Forum serves as a mechanism for the union and employees to have pre-decisional input on workplace matters. The WE program and Labor Management Forum enhances communication, provides additional opportunities for employee input and engagement, and improves employee empowerment.

 

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