TRAINING PROGRAMS

Facilitative Leadership

An interactive workshop for managers, top executives and their teams who want to learn how to expertly design and facilitate meetings, events and projects.

This workshop will help you develop the leadership mindset, skillset and toolset to maximize productivity and increase ROI on the time and resources you invest when working with others. Based on a “learn by doing” model, there is extensive practice of, and feedback on, the skills being learned. 

During The Facilitative Leadership Skills Workshop You Will Discover How To: 

• Masterfully design and facilitate rewarding meetings, events and projects.

• Increase confidence in how to use your unique leadership style to influence others and achieve positive results.

• Inspire team engagement, accountability and collaboration.

• Manage difficult behavior in groups.

• Skillfully intervene with individual or team dynamics that prevent progress or decrease performance.

• Use new communication strategies to achieve desired results from even the most challenging conversations.

• Recognize the impact your choices have on team performance.

• Organize work to prevent distraction and disruption.

Public Sector 101

Embark on a journey into the Public Sector structure. Jon Peacock, County Manager, will put on his professor hat and walk through this entertaining and informative session. Liz Woods, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, will also join and introduce attendees to the world of government financing.

Public Sector

• A career in public service with Pitkin County.

• What is county government?

• What does Pitkin County do?

• Working collaboratively with the BOCC and staff.

Government Finance 

• Public v. private sectors – how and why are we different?

• Government accounting and financial reporting.

• Fund accounting and types of funds.

• Fiscal accountability and transparency.

• Employee expenditures.

Our Community Listens

Our Community LISTENS is a transformative learning experience designed to improve listening, leadership, empathy, and service. Participants complete a DISC assessment, get in touch with their strengths and how they interact with others.

Agenda

Day One: Identify your unique behavioral style, recognize others’ styles and gain new tools to leverage the communication cycle. Components include:

• Extended DISC 

• Behavior Tendencies 

• Communication Cycle

Day Two: Build on this learning, incorporating nonverbal skills, helping you become a better listener. Components include:

• Message Alignment

• Reflective Listening and Empathy 

• Acceptance vs. Agreement

Day Three: Integrate and apply new skills in effective confrontation teaching and practice. Components include:

• Effective Confrontation 

• Transition 

• Sustainment

Take-Aways

With an emphasis on practicality, participants leave the training equipped to: 

• Listen thoughtfully and authentically

• Raise issues confidently while preserving the relationship

• Express genuine appreciation for others in a way that builds trust and respect

Roaring Fork Leadership Academy

LEADERSHIP IS NOT A POSITION, IT IS A PRACTICE THAT ANYONE CAN DO

If you want to develop your personal capacity to make an impact – the Academy is for you. 

The Academy program provides the tools, dialogue and practical application for participants to become better leaders and thus better people. 

Participants describe the 10-month program as inspiring, eye-opening, life-changing, challenging, and transformative. They often have cathartic or revitalizing experiences that bring new enthusiasm and excitement to all aspects of their life – both personally and professionally. 

Civic Project

Each year the Roaring Fork Leadership Class is divided into project teams (with 6-8 participants in each) that take on a civic project. The purpose of these teams is to provide participants the opportunity to practice their skills learned in the program while making an impact in the community.  The skills include – the process of collaboration, consensus building, team decision making, leading change, facilitation, and conflict resolution. Through the practice of these essential and vital leadership skills participants discover the value of creativity, empathy, openness, discipline, and closure – and most importantly the power to make a difference for themselves and the community. 

Graduation Requirements

Participation in RFL Academy requires a commitment of time and energy. Please consider carefully the following requirements.

Participants who miss more than 2 meetings will be required to withdraw from the program. The integrity of the program requires that participants be present at all sessions to both learn the leadership skills and to develop personal relationships.

Complete all reading and writing assignments in a timely manner.

Respect the confidential nature of the comments and discussion made during the group meetings.

Tuition fee paid as outlined in the payment agreement.

Our Community Listens Roundtables

While focusing on a specific topics from the OCL content, participants reflect and define their own behavior change and action in an environment created for learning. The sessions will include practicing your skills and networking with colleagues.

What to expect?

• Pre-work for the discussion may include:  reading articles and/or watching a short video.

• A safe environment to share what works for you and what you'd like to practice.

Message from the Instructor

Hello OCL Alumni!

Pitkin County is excited to start a new learning journey and we would love you to be part of it! 

Ashley Perl, Melissa Knight, and I will be hosting "Roundtables" which will be 1 hour sessions on specific areas of the OCL curriculum. Examples could be discussing how to craft an FBI statement, or talking about the filters that get in the way of our message being received. 

Please reach out to Ashley or myself if you have any questions - we look forward to seeing you soon!

Jeff Hembury

Retirement Bootcamp

Retirement Bootcamp is a program created by Pitkin County to help employees better navigate retirement. To this end, we will promote workshops on various retirement-related topics.

PROGRAM

The Retirement Bootcamp coming sessions.

• Medicare

• Retirement Financial Readiness

• Social Security Windfall Provision

• Flexible Work Options for Retiring Employees

• Relationships in Retirement

• Exercising and Nutrition for Retirees

• Mental Health and Social Well-being

• Legal and Safe Questions for Retirees

• Planning for Leisure in Retirement

• Local Resources You Should Know About

• Keep Learning in Retirement

• Latino Community Retiring Specials

Send your suggestions and/or comments for the following sessions to hr@pitkincounty.com

Find more resources on the Retirement Bootcamp webpage. 

TOASTMASTERS

Toastmasters provides a fun, safe, and supportive

environment for practicing public speaking.

Along the way, you’ll build a better you!

Build confidence with public speaking

• Improve communication

• Sharpen leadership skills

• Discover your unique style

• Have a competitive advantage in the

• workplace

Training Info

1st & 3rd Tuesday

Aspen, CO & Virtual

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Conctat Information

• 1-702-305-6088

• cloudninetoastmasters@gmail.com