July 29, 2021
Publication Type: Research and Publications
Publication Topic: Engage Employees
Publication Tags: Best Places to Work
Our anniversary report, produced in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group, reflects on both the opportunities and requirements for the next era of federal employee engagement.
April 30, 2020
Publication Type: Research and Publications
Publication Topic: Engage Employees
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many federal agencies have transitioned operations to remote work—or teleworking—to protect the health of their employees. For many supervisors and leaders across government, however, the move represents a new way of doing business that undoubtedly poses many challenges, including how to keep employees engaged when they are physically isolated....
March 27, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Engage Employees
There’s a lot of evidence from the private sector that more engaged employees tend to drive better business results. But unsurprisingly, it appears to be true in federal agency settings as well. That’s the conclusion of new research recently published by the Partnership for Public Service and the Boston Consulting Group.
March 26, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Engage Employees
Improving employee engagement at federal agencies could also positively impact the satisfaction citizens have with those agencies’ services, according to a case study released by the Partnership for Public Service and the Boston Consulting Group March 25. The study analyzed employee engagement and customer satisfaction data from over 150 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and...
March 22, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Engage Employees
Publication Tags: Best Places to Work
Only in Washington would the anniversary of a management report be reason to celebrate. Did someone say “get a life”? A year ago this week, the Trump administration released the President’s Management Agenda. To mark the anniversary, good-government types were in full forum mode — the preferred form of celebration for policy wonks.
February 1, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Engage Employees,Inspire and Hire Mission-Critical Talent
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers received their first partial paychecks this week as the government reopened Monday after a 35-day partial shutdown. Some 400,000 workers had been furloughed, and another 400,000 had been on the job but were not getting paid. While the financial costs for those workers were high, the shutdown also took...
January 29, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Engage Employees,Federal workforce
The shutdown made it obvious: Without its employees, there is no government. The pro football playoffs reinforce a lesson that has been highlighted repeatedly for more than three decades by research in the business world: The companies (as well as football teams) with the most talented, best managed employees are normally the most successful.
January 10, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Engage Employees,Inspire and Hire Mission-Critical Talent
Seventy-one percent of IT workers in the Washington, D.C., metro area say they’d consider leaving their current work for a job with Amazon’s incoming HQ2.
January 3, 2019
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Best Places to Work,Engage Employees,Modernize Management Systems
Publication Tags: Agencies
The Defense Department Inspector General’s office is known for sending out less than happy news. Often, reports coming from DoD IG involve wasted funds or details about a misconduct investigation, but this time the office has something positive to say.
December 13, 2018
Publication Type: In the News
Publication Topic: Engage Employees
The Department of Health and Human Services and NASA are the top two places to work in the federal government, according to the annual rankings compiled by the Partnership for Public Service and the Boston Consulting Group. NASA topped the list for the seventh year in a row, while HHS climbed the ranks. The Federal...