Agency Report

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Best Places to Work Rank
out of 420 Agency Subcomponents

2019 Engagement Score
66.2

Change from 2018
-1.8

Parent Agency: Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities (Engagement Score: 62.8)

Mission

To ensure the personnel readiness, policy, planning and training of their respective military services for the combatant commanders to utilize

	Rank	Change (2018‑19)	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Engagement Score	170 of 420	-1.8	66.2	68.0	64.9	57.8

Category	Rank	Change (2018‑19)	2019	2018	2017	2016
Effective Leadership	132 of 413	-1.5	63.0	64.5	62.9	56.8
Effective Leadership: Empowerment	169 of 413	-4.6	54.1	58.7	55.7	46.3
Effective Leadership: Fairness	91 of 413	-3.9	65.1	69.0	67.9	61.6
Effective Leadership: Senior Leaders	86 of 413	2.6	61.0	58.4	58.2	50.6
Effective Leadership: Supervisors	281 of 413	-3.0	68.3	71.3	68.8	65.7
Employee Skills–Mission Match	266 of 415	-0.5	77.9	78.4	75.2	68.7
Pay	47 of 415	-0.1	74.3	74.4	70.8	62.5
Strategic Management	209 of 414	1.2	60.6	59.4	54.0	49.9
Teamwork	108 of 414	0.3	75.5	75.2	73.0	67.0
Innovation	121 of 414	-0.4	70.1	70.5	66.6	60.3
Training and Development	351 of 415	-2.4	55.6	58.0	55.0	49.0
Work–Life Balance	245 of 414	-4.7	62.5	67.2	65.7	60.7
Support for Diversity	215 of 414	-2.3	61.8	64.1	61.9	57.1
Performance-Based Rewards and Advancement	190 of 413	-1.5	51.8	53.3	48.9	43.7

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