Employee engagement
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Whether it’s cybersecurity or acquisition or collaboration, the Homeland Security Department is trying to improve how employees feel about the department. Russ Deyo, DHS' undersecretary of management, tells executive editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his effort to turn the tide on employee engagement.
April 15, 2016 -
Russ Deyo, DHS’ undersecretary for management, is holding each of the department’s components accountable for specific plans, milestones and approaches that focus on root causes of employee dissatisfaction.
April 08, 2016 Federal employee engagement is almost like the weather. Everyone studies it, tries to predict it, frets about it. And why not? The higher a group’s engagement levels, the more efficiently and effectively it carries out the agency’s mission, with lower rates of attrition, absenteeism and general listlessness.
April 01, 2016-
Federal employee engagement has been studied extensively through the Office of Personnel Management's annual viewpoint study. Julie Osowski, senior research psychologist at Merit Systems Protection Board, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about MSPB's effort to look beyond the external factors that affect employee engagement.
March 28, 2016 -
In Federal News Radio’s exclusive fifth annual survey of federal CHCOs and deputy CHCOs, respondents rated improving the hiring process as their top priority for 2016, just a bit ahead of enhancing employee engagement and the training and development of the workforce.
March 07, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management will clarify and create new tools to help agency leaders better understand the authorities they already have to recruit and retain new employees and boost engagement in their workplaces, says Mark Reinhold, OPM's associate director for employee services and chief human capital officer.
February 19, 2016 -
Angela Bailey, who has spent the last eight years at OPM, is taking on a new role as the Homeland Security Department’s chief human capital officer.
January 06, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management analyzed data from the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and found specific ways for agencies to improve employee satisfaction.
December 09, 2015 -
Nani Coloretti, the HUD deputy secretary, said the 8 point increase in the 10th annual Best Places to Work rankings can be traced to listening to employees and communicating changes.
December 09, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management has a new white paper that describes what drives employee engagement and what outcomes agency managers can expect from a committed, focused workforce.
November 16, 2015 -
DHS Undersecretary for Management Russell Deyo has four major priorities for the final year of the Obama administration. Based on the department's "Unity of Effort" initiative, component leaders are beginning to talk to each other more and share ideas for improvement.
November 10, 2015 -
The 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, the government's annual poll of federal employees, found that workers felt more satisfied with their involvement in decisions that affect their work, and they felt more optimistic about their opportunities for training and advancement within their organization.
October 06, 2015 -
Scores for the Federal Employee Viewpoint survey are up in all areas for 2015, but agencies may not be getting all the information they need from them in order to improve employee engagement.
September 29, 2015 -
Starbucks calls its employees "partners." Disney has "cast members." The Ritz-Carlton has "ladies and gentlemen." The VA's new Chief Veterans Experience Officer Tom Allin says the department also needs to see its workers in a new light.
September 08, 2015 -
The Labor Department used to be one of the worst agencies to work for, according to its own employees. But now, its leaders are focused on making the agency a model employer, says Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu.
August 31, 2015