Subject: An Update from Your Employee Advisory Council (EAC)
From: EAC <[email-masked]>
Cc: EAC <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:29:40 +0000

Upcoming Events and Activities

Annual EAC Survey. Watch for your invitation to participate in this survey, which provides valuable feedback to senior management about a number of key issues. Interested in last year’s survey results? Find them on the EAC Staff Survey page of AGI.

This year’s tentative timeline: Survey Launch to All Staff: October 1; Survey Results Presentations: Early 2014.

EAC Elections for Bethesda and Africa Representatives. Want to be an EAC Rep? Check out the Elections page for more information. Nominations will open in October.

Meet & Greets. We hosted  Meet & Greets with Rich Small, Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer in September in Bethesda and Cambridge (telecommuters and international staff dialed in). Look for another Meet & Greet with Abt SRBI President and CEO Scott Royal in December.

Mid-year EAC Work Plan Progress

During our August EAC meeting, we reviewed how well we are executing against our 2013 work plan.  In addition to the activities listed above, a few highlights include:

Quarterly meetings with HR leadership, working towards:

Better implementation of the Spot Recognition program,

Increased communication on Professional Development opportunities, and

Introduction of the EAC in Field Office’s new employee orientation.

Regular meetings with IHD leadership to share the employee perspective on key issues and to advise on issues raised from last year’s survey, such as:

o   Feedback on communications efforts,

o   Feedback to HR on the PREP process, and

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us!

Thank you,

~ Your EAC: Alice Tome, Katie Speanburg, Joseph Addo-Yobo, Santiago Enriquez, Cheryl Fries, Francisco Gonzales, Peter Levine, Rachel Luck, Hania Naber, Dan McMartin and Patricia Rowan