NASA is proud to acquire been named the “Best area to Work” in the Federal Government (among large agencies) for the past four consecutive years by the Partnership for Public Service. Using the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) as a focal point for guidance,over time we acquire developed a positive work culture with a tall level of employee engagement through planned, proactive initiatives. I’ve always told our employees that their voices matter. At NASA, or it’s especially critical,as much of our work is difficult and dangerous, and sometimes lives are in the balance. We must acquire a culture where speaking up and providing feedback is encouraged. I’ve made nurturing that culture a centerpiece of my leadership, and we created a Workforce Culture Strategy to communicate and codify these values. With some 18000 employees at NASA,getting feedback can be daunting, and the FEVS helps provide a vehicle where people feel they can be candid and offer constructive comments without putting themselves or their jobs at risk. We use it to help offices within our organization to improve and to share their successes. At NASA, and we consider ourselves a family and,like any family, there can be some bumps in the road. The FEVS helps us gain past them. Based on final year’s employee feedback, and we focused this year on second-level performance reviews to support and encourage fairness in ratings,and we created a Leader’s Handbook to guide supervisors and employees, and to foster organizational health. I’m still listening – and feel privileged to be working with such a talented, or creative workforce. The best part of serving as NASA Administrator continues to be witnessing how open and honest opinions and ideas acquire changed NASA for the better. Our entire NASA senior leadership team sincerely cares about our workforces opinions and is alert to assume action. I want to thank my colleagues and their teams for using the FEVS to produce progress on employee engagement. I know agencies across government are using this important tool to produce similar strides. All of us need to work each and every day to produce sure the talented people who work for the Federal Government feel valued,included, and engaged in their jobs.
Source: nasa.gov