I don't know how to create a poll with Verint so I will just ask a Friday question.... Which of the following great traits do you value the most in a co-worker? Integrity Creativity Humbleness Work ethic Experience Enthusiasm In the comments below you could also indicate which one you or others consider your greatest trait. I left out some traits like confidence, humor and intelligence, but you could comment on these and others as well.

Which trait do you value the most in a co-worker?

dougw 8 months ago

I don't know how to create a poll with Verint so I will just ask a Friday question....

Which of the following great traits do you value the most in a co-worker?

Integrity
Creativity
Humbleness
Work ethic
Experience
Enthusiasm

In the comments below you could also indicate which one you or others consider your greatest trait.

I left out some traits like confidence, humor and intelligence, but you could comment on these and others as well.

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0 beacon_dave 8 months ago

dougw said:
I don't know how to create a poll with Verint

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0 kmikemoo 8 months ago

Integrity.

I think we all have a word that encompasses integrity, honor, faithfulness, trustworthiness, selflessness, duty, loyalty and all those other admirable qualities that we aspire to - and would like to see in others. In my personal life, it's loyalty. I would also agree that "loyalty" is not the right term for those qualities at work.
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0 Andrew J 8 months ago

Experience coupled with the capability to work out what needs to be done and getting on and doing it without micromanagement. Humour and supportive team work to under pin it. The best teams I worked in were very flat in de-facto management, and de-jure only came into play for overall solution ownership (buck owner) and nonsense HR policies.
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0 dougw 8 months ago in reply to beacon_dave

Thanks beacon_dave
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0 dougw 8 months ago in reply to Andrew J

Initiative - good one.
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0 dougw 8 months ago in reply to kmikemoo

Trustworthiness is a great one.
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0 genebren 8 months ago

I believe that in Engineering, teamwork is best accomplished with a healthy mix of all of the listed traits. Saying that, I could narrow it down to Creativity and Humbleness. Problem solving is enhanced when members can put form their ideas (creativity), while still accepting the ideas of other members (humbleness). This combination allows the best of all the team members to blend into the best possible approach.

Throughout my career I believe that these two traits allowed me to be both a team member and a team leader, bringing forth many successful products.
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0 cstanton 8 months ago

Hey Doug,

I'd say you may be missing one: Reliability / Dependability. Though you could say that comes under work ethic.

Though really, I'd say the minimum is the tri-force of integrity, work ethic, and enthusiasm. The rest usually comes with time or being allowed to be relaxed and yourself; but who knows?
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0 dougw 8 months ago in reply to cstanton

Good point. Dependability is right up there.

I like your big 3 short list. The tough bit is choosing which is the most desirable.

For me, integrity is a must have, go / no go criterion, but if that is a given then enthusiasm is probably next.
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0 Jan Cumps 8 months ago

I'm not convinced that Humbleness is a great trait for a worker. It's one that may slow you down in your carreer growth.
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