Improving Organizational Performance through Employee Engagement Data

For over 20 years the Partnership for Public Service has produced the annual Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings, the most comprehensive and authoritative rating of employee engagement and satisfaction in the federal government. Through the implementation of these rankings the Partnership has identified that employee engagement is an essential variable that impacts a department’s ability to successfully achieve its mission. When employees are engaged, they are better retained and capable of achieving results.

The Partnership has deep experience using data to drastically reform culture and performance. Key to achieving this is through intentionally understanding the employee voice and using their feedback to implement organizational reforms. This discussion will focus on building momentum for carrying out this type of data collection, supporting leadership in identifying priority areas and asking staff effective questions that lead to action.

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Webinar | 2025

Retirement Wave Incoming: Capturing Knowledge, Building Resilient Teams, and Leveraging Technology for Public Sector Succession Planning

State governments are bracing for a historic shift in their workforce. MissionSquare Research Institute reports that 46% of public sectors employers expect the most significant wave of retirements is still ahead—yet 61% have no formal succession planning process in place. For State HR Personnel Directors, this is more than a staffing challenge—it’s a leadership imperative. This 60‑minute workshop is designed to share ideas and practices to help you safeguard institutional knowledge, strengthen workforce resilience, and modernize succession planning across your state agencies. Proven strategies for capturing and transferring critical expertise before it’s lost. Building cross‑trained, future‑ready HR teams that can adapt to leadership transitions. Leveraging technology to identify mission‑critical roles, assess retirement risk, develop successors, and track readiness through analytics. The session blends best‑practice insights from peers, technology capabilities, and interactive discussions so you leave with a practical plan.

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Partnered Research | 2025

State and Local Government Workforce Survey 2025

Recruitment became less challenging in 2024 and saw continued improvement in 2025. Across 19 key occupations, the share of survey respondents who considered them “hard to fill,” dropped by 10 percentage points or more since 2022.

This survey of public sector human resources professionals has been conducted annually since 2009 by MissionSquare Research Institute in collaboration with the Public Sector HR Association (PSHRA) and the National Association of State Personnel Executives (NASPE).

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