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September 2010
Are You Engaged ?
The NIGP Forum last month was an excellent opportunity to learn, network, and (most importantly) bring back new knowledge and ideas for self-improvement and positive implementation at our workplaces.
One theme mentioned at multiple sessions and events (though under different names) was ‘employee engagement’. Employees may show up for work, but are they truly part of the team, eager to do their best, and confident that their efforts make a difference? If not, why not, and what can everyone – peers to managers to administration, do to more fully engage everyone at the workplace?
The concept of employee engagement was just one of many topics that were valuable additions to our ‘professional tool kits’. I hope there will be more available for our Chapter on this topic during 2010.
If you attended the Forum, I encourage you to plan on sharing what you learned, including best practices you identified, and how you will use it at your agency or entity, at our October meeting. This should give us time to fully absorb all of the knowledge shared, and begin process improvement implementations.
Members who attended the Forum should contact our Program Chair Sarah Wedemeier at Sarah.Wedemeier@TxDOT.gov or 512-374-5425.
The National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) provides the technical information and education needed to advance today's public procurement professional. I encourage everyone in our profession to take advantage of the NIGP courses which TAPP sponsors. Our next class is SOURCING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR which will be held September 22-24.
Best Regards,
Sandra Radosavljevic
TAPP President, 2010
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