CARMEL, Ind. (June 16, 2005) - In response to demand for education around workforce engagement, today Performance Assessment Network®, Inc. ("pan™"), announced numerous dates and locations across the U.S. in 2005 where employers can learn from Marc Drizin, pan’s director of workforce engagement, an authority on employee loyalty, and a frequent speaker at international, national and regional events.

pan’s 2004-2005 National Study on Workforce Engagement, released Fall 2004 highlighted the complex nature of the employee-employer relationship and related issues important to employees of various ages, education levels, union affiliation, regions of the country, and industry.  Based on the entire U.S. employee sample, pan found that less than half today’s workforce is “fully engaged,” while nearly one-third is “unengaged” -- meaning more than half of today’s employees are not acting in ways which assist their organizations in creating positive customer experiences, and business success. 

This finding, among others in pan’s study, has tremendous implications for employers, and underscores the importance of workforce engagement -- an ongoing process to recruit, retrain, reward, and retain productive and effective employees by enhancing understanding of organizational practices and employee priorities, attitudes, behaviors, and intentions – as a critical business function.

In each of the following educational sessions, Marc Drizin will define workforce engagement against the backdrop of pan’s national study and provide strategies that will enable attendees find, keep, and motivate employees who can contribute to excellent performance: 

Concurrent Session, Tuesday, June 14 from 10:45 - 11:30 a.m., at the Federal Midwest Human Resources Council Symposium, to be held at the Union League Club Chicago, Illinois.

Concurrent Session at PICMET 2005, to be held at the Portland Hilton & Executive Tower in Portland, Oregon, July 31 – August 4.  For more information, visit www.picmet.org.

Keynote, Wednesday, August 10 from 1:00 -2:30 p.m. at the 2005 6th Annual Illinois State Council of SHRM Conference & Exposition, to be held on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. For more information, visit www.illinoisshrm.org.

Pre-Conference Workshop, Monday, August 29 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the 2005 Indiana State Human Resources Conference to be held at the Westin Hotel Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana.  For more information, visit www.indianashrm.org.

Concurrent Session, Monday, September 19 from 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. at the 27th Annual HR Florida Conference and Expo, to be held at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, Florida.  For more information, visit www.hrflorida.org.

Concurrent Session, Tuesday, September 27, from 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. at the 2005 Northern California Human Resources Association Annual Conference & Trade Show, to be held at the Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, California. For more information, visit www.nchra.org.

Concurrent Session, Friday, September 30 from 9:45 - 11:00 a.m., at the 19th Annual Wisconsin Society for Human Resource Management State Conference to be held at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  For more information, visit www.wishrm.org.

Concurrent Session, Thursday, October 27 from 3:45 - 5:00 p.m., at the 2005 HR Southwest Human Resources Conference and Exposition, to be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.  For more information, visit www.hrsouthwest.com.

For more information about pan’s 2004-2005 National Study on Workforce Engagement, or to schedule a workforce assessment, contact Marc Drizin, mdrizin@panpowered.com or (317) 566- 3270.