THE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE - THE ADVENTURES OF CARMEN SENZ by Judy Free and Traci Maddox
Sage Peak Associates, Inc.
Tabernash, CO
www.essentialemployee.com
Rating: Good
ISBN: 9780981776200, $14.95, 135 pp.
Quoting from the back cover:
"The Essential Employee: R E A C H for your peak and become an Essential Employee!
"What happens when two organization development consultants put their heads together to help employees become more essential in the workplace? The result is an engaging, easy-to-read story based on research and analysis! The story is about Carmen Senz’s first six months at work and the lessons she learns about being an essential employee.
"This book provides great advice for all employees: whether you are preparing for your first job, you’re an employee in search of a new position, you want to stay in the position you have, or if you want a promotion!
"For managers, this book provides valuable information about desirable employee behaviors based on research in small and large organizations.
"For executives, this book will help you understand what skills to promote with your organization’s recruiting and training programs.
"So open up and learn from Carmen’s experience! Find out what it means to be an essential employee!"
Yes, The Essential Employee is an engaging, juvenile little story; it’s well written and well edited and might appeal to children in elementary school. If it were informative to managers or executives, that, indeed, would be a very sad case. As the protagonist’s name Carmen Senz implies, REACH (results, enthusiasm, attitude, cooperation, and honor) should be a matter of common sense. Testing a prospective employee for ‘common sense’ might be the key. Some employees feel they are essential/irreplaceable and take on a superior attitude. However, no employee is irreplaceable. The challenge is to make your boss think you are...essential.
Kaye Trout - October 5, 2008
Tabernash, CO
www.essentialemployee.com
Rating: Good
ISBN: 9780981776200, $14.95, 135 pp.
Quoting from the back cover:
"The Essential Employee: R E A C H for your peak and become an Essential Employee!
"What happens when two organization development consultants put their heads together to help employees become more essential in the workplace? The result is an engaging, easy-to-read story based on research and analysis! The story is about Carmen Senz’s first six months at work and the lessons she learns about being an essential employee.
"This book provides great advice for all employees: whether you are preparing for your first job, you’re an employee in search of a new position, you want to stay in the position you have, or if you want a promotion!
"For managers, this book provides valuable information about desirable employee behaviors based on research in small and large organizations.
"For executives, this book will help you understand what skills to promote with your organization’s recruiting and training programs.
"So open up and learn from Carmen’s experience! Find out what it means to be an essential employee!"
Yes, The Essential Employee is an engaging, juvenile little story; it’s well written and well edited and might appeal to children in elementary school. If it were informative to managers or executives, that, indeed, would be a very sad case. As the protagonist’s name Carmen Senz implies, REACH (results, enthusiasm, attitude, cooperation, and honor) should be a matter of common sense. Testing a prospective employee for ‘common sense’ might be the key. Some employees feel they are essential/irreplaceable and take on a superior attitude. However, no employee is irreplaceable. The challenge is to make your boss think you are...essential.
Kaye Trout - October 5, 2008
posted by Kaye | 8:32 AM
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