Scot Herrick's Discussions
Companies Fail First Career Job College Graduates
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Companies Fail First Career Job College Graduates
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Replied Jun. 26, 2008
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- Who are you?
- Owner and Publisher of Cube Rules, a site about Career Management for Cubicle Warriors. I have a long history in Fortune 100 companies as both an individual contributor as well as part of the management team.
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- I write about getting to satisfied work in cubicles and that requires engagement.
- Website:
- http://cuberules.com
- Where are you located?
- Seattle, WA
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Leigh,
Comments work and I will see what I can do for this Thursday.
David
though published earlier, I found it quite relevant relating innovation and engagement
Remember that employees are human first; seek to build what matters the most to humans - personal relationships.
Communicating "what" is not enough. Explain the "why" behind everything.
Thanks Ben. Look forward to checking out these articles.
I'm a reporter seeking employers that have done employee engagement surveys. I'd like to locate people at small- to mid-sized companies where you've wrestled with how to write effective questions that actually get at engagement (as opposed to yet ...
(This blog post accompanied a recent presentation to an employers annual conference on productivity and engagement, and whether or not Social Media has a negative impact)
A common workplace perception is that social media is a waste of time, so w...
Ask, and Ye Shall Receive. And, Boss spelled backwards is certainly self-explanatory. (As in, "I'm The Boss here. (response: You certainly are! ) ) (hee hee)
ALL of us know more than ANY of us. And it is dangerous to know The Answer, since there are generally LOTS of possibilities for workplace improvements.
Remember: Nobody Ever Washes a Rental Car! Engagement is about perceived ownership and active involvement.
Ask people what they want to achieve, then help them achieve it.
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I would love to do an email interview with you about Career management for Cubicle warriors. I would like to relate what you talk about to the topic of employee engagement creating results that matter for the warriors and the organization.
It would consist of about 6 or 7 questions that you can respond to and then I would put it up on my employee engagement site: Employee Engagement: Results That Matter
You know how much I like your perspective on Cube Rules and Career Management for Cubicle Warriors. If you don't know him already you might want to connect with Michael Kanazawa on this site.
His about page includes the following cube-factoid:
Early in my management career I worked in cubicle 4S450N, just down the hall from Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert (he was in 4S750R). That experience showed me the best, worst and funniest that corporate life has to offer. Since then I've been on a quest to find a better way.
David