5 U.S.C. § 4121
In consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, the head of each agency shall establish—
- (1)a comprehensive management succession program to provide training to employees to develop managers for the agency; and
- (2)a program to provide training to managers on actions, options, and strategies a manager may use in—
- (A)relating to employees with unacceptable performance;
- (B)mentoring employees and improving employee performance and productivity; and
- (C)conducting employee performance appraisals.