How can i join this two query?

Question

I have two table table employee and CSEReduxResponses
In table employee i have
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[employee](
[emp_id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[emp_namefirst] [varchar](255) NOT NULL,
[emp_namemiddle] [varchar](50) NULL,
[emp_namelast] [varchar](255) NOT NULL
on responds i have 
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CSEReduxResponses](
[response_id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[employee] [int] NOT NULL,
[employeedept] [int] NOT NULL,
[star] [tinyint] NOT NULL,
[status] [int] NOT NULL,
[approvedby] [int] NULL,
[approveddate] [datetime] NULL,
[execoffice_status] [int] NULL,
Im trying to get the employee with the MAX execpffice_status( this is either a 1 or 0).
i have this query that i made for it
select top(1) with ties employee, SUM(execoffice_status) as 'total'
from   CSEReduxResponses
group by employee
order by 'total' desc
my query for employee table is 
   select emp_namefirst as first , emp_namelast as [last]
from phonelist.dbo.employee where emp_namefirst is not null
How can i get this 2 query together so i can output the employee (first and last )name
with the max exeoffice_status?
i use :
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 10.0.2531.0
ps: sorry if i put this is the wrong forum, this is my first time here and first post.

Answer 1

Are you looking for the below?
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[employee](
[emp_id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[emp_namefirst] [varchar](255) NOT NULL,
[emp_namemiddle] [varchar](50) NULL,
[emp_namelast] [varchar](255) NOT NULL
Insert into Employee Values('abc','bcd','cdf')
Insert into Employee Values('xyz','yxw','xwv')
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CSEReduxResponses](
[response_id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[employee] [int] NOT NULL,
[employeedept] [int] NOT NULL,
[star] [tinyint] NOT NULL,
[status] [int] NOT NULL,
[approvedby] [int] NULL,
[approveddate] [datetime] NULL,
[execoffice_status] [int] NULL,
Insert into [CSEReduxResponses]( employee,employeedept,star,status,approvedby,approveddate,execoffice_status)
Values(1,100,1,1,1,GETDATE(),0),
(1,100,1,1,1,GETDATE(),1),
(2,100,1,1,1,GETDATE(),0)
;With cte as( Select *,SUM([execoffice_status]) over(partition by Employee) sumstatus From [CSEReduxResponses] )
Select Distinct A.*,B.sumstatus
From Employee A
Inner Join cte B On A.emp_id = B.employee
--OR
;With cte as( Select employee ,SUM([execoffice_status]) sumstatus From [CSEReduxResponses] group by Employee)
Select Distinct A.*,(Select sumstatus From cte B where A.emp_id = B.employee)
From Employee A
Drop table Employee,[CSEReduxResponses]