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IWCO Direct’s Employee Engagement Committees Build Connections and Encourage Teamwork that Leads to Award-Winning Performance
With more than 1,500 employees who work on three campuses plus remote offices, how do you keep your team engaged, dedicated to excellence, and excited to work each day? At IWCO Direct, the answer is our employee engagement committees. Employee Engagement Committees Create Connections in a Pandemic Environment When I rejoined IWCO Direct after more […]
Employee Engagement Is More Important Now Than Ever
We all can agree that the pandemic has driven more than the average amount of life changes. Over the past 18 months, we’ve had to adapt how we work and play a number of times. Frankly, it’s exhausting, and there’s a reason. Lacking “Surge Capacity” Results in Change Fatigue According to author Ann Masten, […]
Employee Engagement Takes New Forms During the Pandemic
Employee engagement has always been a priority at IWCO Direct, not only because we care about our people but also because engaged employees make us more successful, plain and simple. Prior to Coronavirus (COVID-19), employee engagement was easier. We held town hall style meetings to communicate our purpose and culture. We welcomed new hires […]
Help Us Say Adieu to (Most Of) the Summer 2019 IWCO Direct Interns
Another year in the books that the interns didn’t burn down IWCO Direct. I think I can speak for the group when I say it was an amazing summer full of learning. Below are some final words from both the IWCO Direct interns and their supervisors, reflecting on the past three months [...]
As Three Executives Receive Promotions, We’re Wishing a Fond Farewell to Our Long-Time President & CFO
Change is a constant at IWCO Direct. Today, we proudly announced three well-deserved promotions within our leadership team, and also announced Joe Morrison has retired as president and CFO. Joe will be sorely missed. First, let’s review the exciting news. Jake Hertel, who has been vice president of finance since 2012, has been promoted to executive vice president and CFO [...]
IWCO Direct’s Megan Lester Adds “Cal Poly Award Recipient” to Her Numerous Accolades
We just learned of a new benefit from our media monitoring service: It provides visibility to an employee’s achievement when she is too modest or humble to tell us about it herself. Imagine our surprise and delight when “Megan Lester” and the video below appeared in our daily report! [ ... ]
Why Should IT Professionals Look for a Career at IWCO Direct?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US job market is seeing historically low unemployment rates. That’s great news for our economy and those job-hunting, but can lead to challenges for employers who are having to fight for qualified individuals. This is also true at IWCO Direct—for instance, it took more than five […]
Farewell, Summer 2018: What We Left Behind for Next Year’s Interns
The following is the final entry in a three-part series from the Summer 2018 IWCO Direct interns. For part one, click here. For part two, click here. The IWCO Direct summer 2018 interns in Chanhassen met the first week of August for one of our last intern projects: a final presentation of our […]
Farewell, Summer 2018: What We Loved (and Didn’t) About Our IWCO Direct Internships
The following is part two of a three-part series from the Summer 2018 IWCO Direct interns. For part one, click here. For part three, click here. In our short time as interns, we had the unique opportunity to observe IWCO Direct from an outsider perspective for the first couple of weeks… then, just […]
Farewell, Summer 2018: What We Learned During Our IWCO Direct Internships
The following is part one of a three-part series from the Summer 2018 IWCO Direct interns. For part two, click here. For part three, click here. In June, I had the opportunity to write a blog introducing the 2018 IWCO Direct Summer Interns. Over the next few days, you’ll be hearing about […]
