Ken Grouf is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York division of City Year. City Year unites a diverse group of 17 to 24 year-old young people for a year of full-time, rigorous community service, leadership development, and civic engagement.
Prior to starting City Year New York, Grouf was the Director of Brand Managment at Yahoo! Prior to Yahoo!, Ken was the Director of National Programs and Marketing at Do Something.
In 1993, he founded and served as the Executive Director of Students for Children, a non-profit organization that encouraged volunteerism and child advocacy on college campuses nationwide.
Ken Grouf received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
You can get a lot of buy-in through companies by spending time with your employees. Get to know them. Understand why they are there. And why they want to be part of it. Never devalue their opinion. Always listen to their ideas. Some might be great. And some might be useful. Very often they a...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Kenneth Grouf Shares Thoughts on Importance of Concerned Citizens and Not For Profit Organizations
Kenneth Grouf Shares Thoughts on Getting Buy In And Listening To Employees and Consumers
