SSEN - 101 KSU Star Staff of the Season

The KSU Star Staff of the Season award recognizes employees who have gone above and beyond in their professional, community and collegial engagement at KSU.  It is awarded 4 times per year, one for each season.

Service & Professionalism:

• Excelled in identifying and reacting appropriately to the needs and expectations of the internal and external customers to ensure exceptional service.
• Anticipated needs and potential problems before they occurred and sought ways to continuously improve work outcomes, etc.
• Demonstrated a willingness to take on new and/or additional tasks
• Exhibited strong work qualities and ethics, such as dependability, patience, and commitment and embodies the USG and KSU values.

Innovation:

• Suggested and/or championed and/or contributed to creative solutions that have made a significant and positive difference in the quality of services, programming, work processes, effectiveness and efficiency, etc.
• Assisted proactively and wholeheartedly with implementation of strategies, services and programs that are in the best interests of the University and/or the students.

Collaboration:

• Consistently offered support, assistance, and encouragement to co-workers, often without being asked to do so - – sharing knowledge, learning, and building consensus.
• Served as role model to others through positive and productive relationships.
• Extended their self to help others with a high degree of excellence, professionalism and integrity in their work which contributed significantly to improve the overall environment and experience or work outcomes.
• Participated in collaborative problem-solving, breaking down boundaries and/or creating new relationships to improve the way work gets done

Leadership:

• Is a paragon of initiative, responsibility, accountability and/or resourcefulness
• Inspires trust by saying and doing what is right.
• Demonstrates and cultivates a sense of purpose, vision, and mission for their co-workers and/or staff
• Led transformational change for the benefit of peers and/or others and/or facilitated the success of others.
• Inspires and motivates others to take advantage of opportunities to enhance their own lives whether professionally or personally.