Category: HR Toolbox

Celebrating Public Service – and Public Servants

This guest commentary is by Bob J. Lavigna with CPS HR Consulting. Bob is the author of the book “Engaging Government Employees,” and director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement, a division of CPS HR Services, an independent government agency.   This year, May 1-7 is Public Service Recognition Week. Since 1985, this … Continued

Replacing a Government Employee Can Cost 150% of Worker’s Salary

This guest commentary is by Bob J. Lavigna with CPS HR Consulting. Bob is the author of the book “Engaging Government Employees,” and director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement, a division of CPS HR Services, an independent government agency. This article originally appeared on RouteFifty.   Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS, a … Continued

Government Needs to Rehabilitate Its Image to Attract and Retain Workers

This guest commentary is by Bob J. Lavigna with CPS HR Consulting. Bob is the author of the book “Engaging Government Employees,” and director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement, a division of CPS HR Services, an independent government agency. This article originally appeared on RouteFifty.   Nearly every sector of the U.S. … Continued

The COVID-19 Workplace: Employees Want to Be Heard

This guest blog is by Robert J. Lavigna with CPS HR Consulting. The pandemic has changed how and where most of us work. With millions of employees now working remotely, including in government, organizations have struggled to communicate effectively with their employees. Even before the pandemic, communication was a major challenge to managing a remote workforce. … Continued

Why Are We Still Talking About Succession Planning in 2019?   

This guest blog is by ELGL member Jeff Hoye with CPS-HR Consulting. Does it feel like we’ve been talking about succession planning in the public sector forever? Consider the compelling case for succession planning. Beyond mandates that may require a succession plan for some government agencies, an effective succession plan: is one of the most useful … Continued

Video: Understanding Implicit Bias

On January 23, 2019, Jenine Jenkins from CPS HR Consulting presented this webinar on “Understanding Implicit Bias.” View the full webinar in the ELGL webinar library at Members.ELGL.org.

Attributes of Exceptional Leaders

Today’s guest post is by ELGL member Larry Iverson PhD with the Institute for Advanced Development. Implementing Exceptional Performance To be a world-class organization in the 21st century requires a new set of beliefs and abilities for all involved. The abilities that are required are strategic and concern how we approach work, the people we … Continued

Podcast: The Business Case for Employee Engagement

Bob Lavigna Director Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement LinkedIn | Twitter Measuring employee engagement. Bob Lavigna the Director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement at CPS HR joined the podcast to talk about why organizations should take employee engagement seriously. He argues that there is a business case to keeping employees engaged at … Continued

Employee Retention: What You Need to Know (Part II)

This guest blog is by ELGL member Melissa Asher, the Director of Training and Recruitment for CPS HR Consulting (full bio below). Read Part I of this post! Training and Development This brings us to strategy four – training and development.  This has emerged as a huge retention factor for today’s workforce. Employees recognize the need … Continued

Employee Retention: What You Need to Know (Part I)

This guest blog is by ELGL member Melissa Asher, the Director of Training and Recruitment for CPS HR Consulting (full bio below). Two years ago no one was talking about retention in the public sector.  Sure, we were collecting and reporting on turnover metrics, but retention wasn’t a big concern. In fact, during and after the … Continued

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