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A
absenteeism
accidents
action planning
contractor role in
creating
employee involvement in
evaluation worksheet for
planning guides
sample
action teams
communication and
determining budgets and resources
forming
ground rules for
sample charter for
supporting
ADP
Air Force
Air Force Materiel Command
Alberta
“Amateur Government”
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Postal Workers Union
American Society for Training and Development
AmeriCorps
Armey, Dick
Army
awards
manager
monetary
programs
B
baby boomers
Benson, Craig
Bernardy, Charles
“Best-in-Class Library of Action Steps”
“Best Place to Work in the Federal Government”
BlessingWhite
Booz Allen Hamilton
British Columbia
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
C
California
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Employment Engagement Interjurisdictional Initiative survey
Ontario
Capability Review Programme
Careers New Zealand
Center for State and Local Government Excellence
change agents
“change index”
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
civil service. See public sector
Civil Service Office (UK)
Civil Service People Survey
“close enough for government work”
collective bargaining
Common Cause
communication
anonymous
employee engagement and
employee feedback and
to facilitate engagement surveys
improving
“intentional”
lack of
for managers and executives in particular
plan
types of
with contractors
compressed workweeks
confidence intervals
“contagious negativity”
Coral Springs, Florida
Corporate Leadership Council (CLC)
Cosgrove, Mila
“crash and burners”
Csíkszentmihályi, Mihály
culture
change
of engagement
of government
organizational/agency
performance-based pay culture
customer satisfaction
D
Deloitte Consulting
Department for International Development (DFID)
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Justice (U.K.)
Department of Justice (U.S.)
Department of State
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
Development Dimensions International (DDI)
“disengaged generation”
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
E
employee engagement
accountability and
action plans. See action planning
action teams. See action teams
age and
in assessing job candidates
barriers to
benefits of improving
career growth and
communication and
drivers of
education and
employee opinion and feedback
employee satisfaction and
employee well-being and
focus areas and priorities for
goals and milestones
in health care
implementation
improving
income and
lack of
leadership and
levels of
measuring
metrics for success
onboarding and
process model of
in public education
in public service
race/ethnicity and
recognizing employee contributions
stakeholder engagement and
sustaining
work environment and
employee-engagement survey
additional data
analyzing results
benchmarks
by an outside organization
communication and
comparisons by work unit and by demographics
conducting
designing
example of
“golf score” approach
governance
internally conducted
planning
public visibility of
question-by-question analysis of
question importance in
readministering
reporting results
response rate
sampling
scheduling
scoring
senior leadership support and
staff/manager “alignment scores”
weighting results data
employee life cycle
employee morale
employee retention
employee well-being
Employment Engagement Interjurisdictional Initiative survey
“engagement interviews”
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
equal employment opportunity
European Group of Public Administration
executive champions
F
Federal Acquisition Regulations
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
flextime
freedom of information
G
Gallup
as a consultant
Q12 engagement survey
research on decision making
research on employee engagement
research on employee well-being
research on public opinion
General Electric (GE)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Germany
“golden handcuffs”
Goodnight, Jim
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
“Government’s Everyday Impact Index”
“Great Colleges to Work For”
H
“hamsters”
health promotion programs
Hewitt Associates
“honeymooners”
human resources
challenges of
engagement issues within
human resources competency model
involving
role of
Hurricane Katrina
I
IBM Center for the Business of Government
IdeaFactory
IdeaHub
individual development plans (IDPs)
Ink, Dwight
International Public Management Association for Human Resources
inventory
J
job satisfaction
job sharing
JP Morgan Chase
Juneau, Alaska
K
Kelleher, Herb
Kelly, Ray
Kenexa
Kopp, Wendy
Kozlowksi, Dennis
L
labor unions. See unions
LaHood, Ray
leadership
challenges
changes in
political
skills
trust and distrust of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities
Light, Paul
“lines of sight”
local and municipal government
Alberta
British Columbia
California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Chorley Borough Council
Coral Springs, Florida
Juneau, Alaska
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Norfolk City Council
Ontario
Oregon Metro
Porirua, New Zealand
Tamarac, Florida
Washington state
M
margin of error
Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
millennials
Minneapolis, Minnesota
N
National Academy of Public Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
National Institutes of Health
National Performance Review
National Science Foundation (NSF)
New Zealand
Careers New Zealand
Porirua City Council (PCC)
No Child Left Behind Act
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
O
Obama, Barack
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
onboarding
employee engagement and
employee turnover and
implementing a new process for
management and
phases of
political leadership changes and
principles of
probationary periods and
in Teach for America
“100 Best Companies to Work For”
Ontario
open meetings
operating income
Oregon Metro
P
Palguta, John
PART. See Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
Partnership for Public Service
action planning guide
“Best Places to Work in the Federal Government”
“Government’s Everyday Impact Index”
research on attracting new talent
research on employee satisfaction
research on employee turnover
research on flexible work arrangements
research on fostering innovation
research on onboarding
research on public opinion
sample action plan for improving supervision
staff/manager “alignment scores”
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
Pattakos, Alex
Pazdra, Dale
PCC. See Porirua, New Zealand, City Council (PCC)
“peer partners”
performance
appraisals
management
organizational
recognizing
Porirua, New Zealand, City Council (PCC)
“post and pray”
probation
procurement rules
productivity
profitability
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
PTO. See Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
public opinion (of government)
public sector
attacks on
attracting talent
budgets and
civil-service reform
civil-service rules
decision making in
demographics of workforce
employee benefits and
employment protections in
measuring goals and engagement in
misconceptions about government
political leadership and
private sector vs
public-service motivation (PSM)
public visibility and
service value chain
stakeholder influence and
unions and
public-service motivation (PSM)
Q
Q12 engagement survey
R
retirement
age and engagement
baby boomers entering
discussing
gradual
guaranteed
Rothkopf, David
“rule of five” law
Rybak, R. T.
S
safety
SAS
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Senior Executive Service (SES)
“Sisyphus trap”
SMART recommendations
Society for Human Resource Management
Southwest Airlines
“stay interviews”
Stier, Max
succession planning
surveying. See employee-engagement survey
T
talent management. See also human resources
Tamarac, Florida
Teach for America
telework
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
TowersWatson Consulting
transparency. See freedom of information; open meetings
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Tyco
U
U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
“unfunded mandates”
unions
collective bargaining
engagement and
engagement surveys and
financial incentives and
influence of
involving
leaders
representatives
United Kingdom
Capability Review Programme
Chorley Borough Council
Civil Service Office
Civil Service People Survey
Department for International Development (DFID)
Department of Justice
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
National Health Service (NHS)
Norfolk City Council
Sussex police force
United States. See also individual federal agencies; individual jurisdictionsunder local and municipal government
University of Wisconsin
“Best-in-Class Library of Action Steps”
engagement survey at
“Wisconsin idea”
V
Voice of the Employee Survey
W
Washington state
Watson Wyatt
Weber, Max
Welch, Jack
Wisconsin. See also University of Wisconsin
“Wisconsin idea”
workplace discrimination
Z
Zukav, Gary