{"id":1251,"date":"2013-07-15T22:25:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T05:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2014-04-22T19:38:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T02:38:09","slug":"four-tools-to-drive-employee-engagement-in-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/resources\/hr-tips\/four-tools-to-drive-employee-engagement-in-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Tools to Drive Employee Engagement in Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/employee-engagement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/employee-engagement.jpg\" alt=\"employee engagement\" width=\"380\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/employee-engagement.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/employee-engagement-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a>According to the\u00a0<a title=\"New York Times\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/20\/business\/public-workers-face-continued-layoffs-and-recovery-is-hurt.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New York Times<\/a>, the public sector has shrunk by 706,000 jobs, since the post-recession peak in April 2009.\u00a0 Agencies are seeking ways to provide needed services with a smaller workforce that may be less engaged than ever before.\u00a0 Nearly all state and local government leaders who responded to the survey conducted by IPMA-HR and ADP indicated that employee morale and engagement has sharply declined in the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>How does a government leader begin to re-enlist the hearts and minds of a workforce that is still reeling from several years of cutbacks and restructuring?\u00a0Seth Godin, in his best-seller\u00a0<i>Tribes<\/i>\u00a0said, \u201cThe secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.\u00a0 People will follow.\u201d To re-engage the public workforce, re-focus on what you are there for. Increased levels of employee performance and morale will follow.<\/p>\n<p>Practically, there are a few tools you can use to shift your agency\u2019s culture to one that is engagement-worthy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Create a simple, easy-to-understand strategic plan.<\/b>\u00a0 Whether led by policy-makers or led by management staff, a simple plan that defines where the organization is headed and why will give everyone on the team a common goal.<\/li>\n<li><b>Ask employees to participate in future-related conversations.<\/b>\u00a0Engage employees in the discussion about organizational challenges, their aspirations, and the decisions needed to move the organization forward. The most ennobling plans are those in which we have a stake.\u00a0 In the development of your big picture plan, don\u2019t forget to ask employees what they think.<\/li>\n<li><b>Link day-to-day employee performance to the plan.<\/b>\u00a0 Design performance feedback processes so that employees can see clearly how their work contributes to the bigger plan.\u00a0 The IPMA-HR\/ADP study noted that talent management systems help government organizations identify and foster top performance and future leaders.<\/li>\n<li><b>Reward contributions that support the plan.<\/b>\u00a0 Recognition and compensation systems must be aligned with your overall vision.\u00a0 We now live in a world where there is increased scrutiny on public sector employee reward systems. Seize this opportunity to shift your pay and reward systems to one that supports your organization\u2019s strategic focus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the\u00a0New York Times, the public sector has shrunk by 706,000 jobs, since the post-recession peak in April 2009.\u00a0 Agencies are seeking ways to provide needed services with a smaller workforce that may be less engaged than ever before.\u00a0 Nearly all state and local government leaders who responded to the survey conducted by IPMA-HR [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hr-tips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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