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Continuing Education, Training & Innovation - A Division of Bismarck State College - 1815 Schafer St. - PO Box 5587 - Bismarck, ND 58506
Speakers and Training Bureau

 Jodee Bock     Reserve This Speaker 

It Doesn't Have to Be a Dilbert World:
Learning from "Good to Great" Workplaces

What's a Dilbert world? You know the place Scott Adams created in the comic strip "Dilbert" which involves workplace situations that he routinely makes up. Scott says these include bizarre and unworldly elements like sadistic talking animals, troll-like accountants, and employees turning into dishrags after the life-force has been drained from their bodies. Yet, he says the comment he hears most often is: "That's just like my company."

Dilbert really is hilarious. He stands not only for cynicism, but also for resignation and powerlessness. How can anyone survive powerlessness at the coolest time in centuries to make a mark? It doesn't have to be that way. In this session, participants will:

  • Identify characteristics of a Dilbert world
  • Learn about characteristics of a Good to Great workplace, as defined by Jim Collins in the book "Good to Great"
  • See how other companies have shared humanity, compassion, and love in the workplace

Fee: $750 per hour plus mileage
   Jodee Bock is a partner with One Degree in Fargo. One Degree makes a difference by offering subtle distinctions in training and development that take individuals, companies or organizations beyond their own status quo. Jodee works together with people who want to practice "riskful" thinking, as opposed to merely "wishful" thinking, by offering a safe environment to explore new ideas and discuss what really matters. She then works together with those individuals and organizations to develop a plan which transforms that knowledge into action.
   Jodee has extensive experience in corporate communications and has designed and facilitated training and development sessions and classes in areas such as leadership, change/transition, communication, accountability, business grammar and writing, teambuilding, and customer service. She is a graduate of Landmark Education's Curriculum for Living, and received a bachelor's degree in English writing and communications from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and a master's degree in business management from the University of Mary, Bismarck, ND.