Two Free Reports on Employee Engagement from the United States Governement

[David Zinger]

Anne Marrelli, one of our members, completed a report for the United States government on Managing for Employee Engagement in the Federal government.

Her colleague, Doug Nierle, published a report on the positive organizational outcomes of employee engagement in the Federal sector, The Power of Federal Employee Engagement last December.

You can access both of these well done reports here. Please read them and come back to add your comments and thoughts.

Thanks to Anne Marrelli for bringing this to our attention.

[Kim Fabian]

Interesting that the Managing for Engagement Report shows what I expected--that "Many employees do not feel free to express their opinions to management." If we are to build an inclusive workplace, this is critical. Often times, the folks on the front lines have the greatest insights in terms of day to day operations and can have tremendously positive impact if their voices are heard. This is the reason I created my web site, www.tellurboss.com, so employees could have a voice. I hope to use data from the site in my training programs to let leaders know what's on their employees' minds, and to help employees communicate upward with more effectiveness and confidence. While I'm glad the site is meeting a need, I wish it didn't have to :)

[Scott Schwartz]

Thanks Anne and Doug and David!

Looking forward to reading this over the weekend. I'm curious to know what differences you saw (if any) in the federal workforce vs the private sector.