Comments on: Scouting for Leaders http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/scouting-for-leaders/ The Workforce Institute Helps Empower Organizations to Address Human Capital Management Issues Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:38:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Keith Rouda http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/scouting-for-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Keith Rouda Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:01:06 +0000 http://www.workforceinstitute.org/scouting-for-leaders.htm#comment-58 Nice post Joyce. My son has been in scouting since he was just a puppy, but now he is 15 and serving a term as the "Senior Patrol Leader" for his troop. It has been fascinating, and not just a little surprising, to watch he and his cohorts evolve from barely controllable imps running amok in every direction, to young adults developing programming with others of different age groups in mind besides themselves, and grappling with many of the same leadership issues we struggle with in all of our workplaces. How to motivate, how to maintain accountability, how to communicate, how to engage, how to manage up (so they can get assistance from the adult leaders in making some surprisingly strategic level, "corporate culture" changes). The adult leaders who work with this troop do heroes work every week. It is shocking sometimes when you realize the level of commitment they make and the numbers of hours they put in to this program. But the results of their efforts are so evident. So, I second your hope that corporate America will continue to understand that the investment they make in flexibility for people make these commitments will pay off in the quality of the workforce they can look forward to in the coming years. Nice post Joyce. My son has been in scouting since he was just a puppy, but now he is 15 and serving a term as the “Senior Patrol Leader” for his troop. It has been fascinating, and not just a little surprising, to watch he and his cohorts evolve from barely controllable imps running amok in every direction, to young adults developing programming with others of different age groups in mind besides themselves, and grappling with many of the same leadership issues we struggle with in all of our workplaces. How to motivate, how to maintain accountability, how to communicate, how to engage, how to manage up (so they can get assistance from the adult leaders in making some surprisingly strategic level, “corporate culture” changes).

The adult leaders who work with this troop do heroes work every week. It is shocking sometimes when you realize the level of commitment they make and the numbers of hours they put in to this program. But the results of their efforts are so evident.

So, I second your hope that corporate America will continue to understand that the investment they make in flexibility for people make these commitments will pay off in the quality of the workforce they can look forward to in the coming years.

]]> By: Jay Hargis http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/scouting-for-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Jay Hargis Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:03:42 +0000 http://www.workforceinstitute.org/scouting-for-leaders.htm#comment-53 Oh, and way to go Teddy! I'm really proud of you, too. Oh, and way to go Teddy! I’m really proud of you, too.

]]> By: Jay Hargis http://www.workforceinstitute.org/blog/scouting-for-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Jay Hargis Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:03:12 +0000 http://www.workforceinstitute.org/scouting-for-leaders.htm#comment-52 Way to go, Joyce. It seems that at so many companies, it's always the women who leave early to attend to a child's this or a child's that. I think it's time to see more men letting their boss know that they are leaving early to help with a Girl or Boy Scout activity. Way to go, Joyce. It seems that at so many companies, it’s always the women who leave early to attend to a child’s this or a child’s that. I think it’s time to see more men letting their boss know that they are leaving early to help with a Girl or Boy Scout activity.

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