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Employee Engagement

Webinar Slides

The Power of Employee Recognition(April 2018)

Measuring Employee Engagement: Insights from a National Study(July 2017)

Building a Culture of Employee Engagement in Government (2017 - IPMA-HR NJ)

Building a Culture of Employee Engagement (2016 - NASPE)

Bullying in the Workplace (2016)

How Work Impacts your Health: What your organization can do to mitigate stressors (2015)

Publications

"Government Leadership Gap Leads to Low Employee Engagement," PA Times, February 10, 2017

"Political Transitions - A Unique Opportunity to Focus on Employee Engagement," PA Times, January 13, 2017

"The Science of Engagement," The Public Manager, December, 2016

"Employee Recognition - a Key to Employee Engagement," PA Times, December 2, 2016

"Employee Engagement: It's About Leadership," PA Times, November 4, 2016

"Overcoming Barriers to Improving Employee Engagement (Pt. 2)," PA Times, October 7, 2016

"Overcoming Barriers to Improving Employee Engagement (Pt. 1)," PA Times, September 2, 2016

"Why is Employee Engagement So Low?" PA Times, August 3, 2016

"Improving Employee Engagement - Who's Responsible?" PA Times, July 1, 2016

"Improving Employee Engagement: A Public Sector Leadership Imperative," reprinted from Public Sector Digest, Summer 2015

"Guest Blogger Bob Lavigna - Only 30 percent of our employees are fully engaged," The NPELRA Gazette, October 26, 2015

"Why Employee Engagement Matters and Why Engagement Efforts Fail," Government Finance Review, February 2015

"Why Government Workers are Harder to Motivate," Harvard Business Review, November 28, 2014

Research & Reports

Driving Employee Engagement: Results from a National Survey (October 2017)

Organizational Strategy

Webinar Slides

Soft Skills Top Technology in Driving Digital Transformation (2017)

What We Don't Know: Exploring Unconscious Bias (2017)

An Introduction to Lean and Process Improvement (2016)

Succession Planning: Prerequisites and Preparation (2016)

Five Strategies to Expand Succession Planning in the Public Sector (2016)

Gamification in the Workplace: A unique approach to Greater Performance Outcomes (2015)

Conducting Workplace Investigations (2015)

Balancing the Commitment to Lean and Quality in Government (2015)

Publications

"Measuring Maturity," (pp 40-44) reprinted from Quality Progress Magazine, September 2016

Research & White Papers

Succession Planning - Preparing Your Agency's Future (June 2017)

Achievements and Barriers: the Results of Lean and Quality Initiatives in Government (ASQGD - 2017)

CPS HR Survey Series: The Future of Public Sector Talent Management (2016)

Workforce and Succession Planning (NASPE - 2015)

What is strategic HR for State Government? (NASPE - 2015)

Quality Improvement in State Government: Survey Results (ASQGD - 2015)

CPS HR Survey Series: Achieving Innovation in the Public Sector (2014)

Testing, Recruitment & Selection

Webinar Slides

Online Testing Options: Which is Right for You? (2018)

Hiring Is Testing (even if you're not calling it a "Test") (2018)

Beyond Posting and Praying: Best Practice Recruiting (2018)

Weathering the drought: Rethinking law enforcement recruiting strategies for a withering pool (2017)

Remote Proctoring: Will it make internet testing a real option for employment testing? (2017)

Recruiting the Best and the Brightest for the Public Sector (2017)

Demonstration: Re-mote Proctoring (2017)

Working With Subject Matter Experts: Building Validation for Your Selection Process and Other HR Activities (2016)

Competency Modeling Overview: What, Why, and How (2016)

Personality Testing in the Public Sector (2016)

Essential Elements of a Job Analysis: Best Practice Tips to Enhance Defensibility (2016)

General Item Writing Guidelines for Multiple Choice Examinations (2016)

Government Recruiting in the Social Media Age (2016)

Adverse Impact on Employee Selection Procedures (2015)

"Off-ramps" and "Bridges":Strategies to Leverage Retiree Talent (2015)

Future Oriented Job Analysis (2015)

The 360ï¿½ Assessment: How You Can Maximize Human Potential Within Your Organization (2015)

Publications

"Grow Your Own or Buy Talent," NCHRA Blog Post, July 2015

Research & White Papers

Re-mote Proctoring (2017)

Re-mote Proctoring: Temporary Gamble or Smart Investment? (2017)

The 360-Degree Assessment: A Tool That Can Help Your Organization Maximize Human Potential (2017)

Job Analysis (2016)

Passpoint Setting for Multiple Choice Examinations (2016)

Classification & Compensation

Webinar Slides

Building Total Rewards in the Public Sector (2017)

Research & White Papers

CPS HR Survey Series: Local Government Classification and Compensation Practices (2015)

Training & Development

Webinar Slides

Power and Influence in Organizations (2018)

Driving Cultural Change Through Training (2018)

Preventing Harassment and Creating a Respectful Workplace (2018)

Want to be an Effective Leader? Give Transformational Leadership a Try (2017)

Techniques and Tools for Meaningful Mentoring (2017)

Best Practices in Assessing and Developing Leadership (2017)

Coaching for Performance (2017)

The Leadership Role in Achieving Efficiency and Effectiveness (2016)

Navigating the Shift from Managing to Coaching (2015)

Mind Games: Creative Approaches to Problem Solving and Decision Making (2015)

Building Credibility in the Workplace (2015)

Publications

"How Coaching in the Workplace Builds Leaders at all Levels," NCHRA Blog Post, May 2015

"Five Training Techniques for Addressing the Skills Gap," reprinted from HR West, September 2014

Research & White Papers

Coaching as a Management Tool (2016)

CPS HR Survey Series: Fostering Trust through Communication (2015)

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