Leadership Elements

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Leadership Elements

Leadership Elements challenges DOR leaders to build foundational competency in the 4 Leadership Elements (LEs) expected to be at the core of their performance:

Self Leadership
Communication Modeling
Managing Conflict
Cultivating Team Culture

Applications are CLOSED for the 2025 Calendar Year.

Leadership Elements FAQs

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Watch a Video Intro to Leadership Elements!

Leadership Elements is DOR's foundational leadership development program that establishes the benchmark for all DOR Leaders. Supervisors in Leadership Elements will receive clear expectations for leader performance, engage in the development of their leadership elements, bridge leadership networks across the agency, and knock out a preferred qualification for future leadership opportunities here at DOR.

Complete Three (3) Courses Per Element in the Year-Long Leadership Elements Program:

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Earth: Self Leadership

DOR Leadership Expectations
SELF Model
Triangles of Trust

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Air: Communication Modeling

Make Team Meetings...
Setting Vision & Clear Expectations
Coaching & Feedback

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Fire: Managing Conflict

Hybrid Hang-Ups
Managing Performance
Learning Agility - Championing Change

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Water: Creating Team Culture

Psychological Safety
Employee Engagement
Employee Development

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Customized 360 Feedback

Participants will complete a custom Leadership Elements 360 assessment prior to starting the program to help build goals around areas for focus and development throughout the program.

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Monthly Courses

2 hours for 360 Pre-work assignments.
12 courses + 1 Intro Session = 13 total courses
1 hour sessions = 13 hours of LIVE learning
Monthly shared resources, articles, tools, etc.
Leadership Elements provides an annual total of 20 hours of leadership development programming.

Accountability Guide

Participants will be provided a comprehensive Accountability Guide to accompany their learning throughout the program to capture goals & reflection, assist in retention of the competency-based learning, and provide documented instances of Accountability challenges and successes.

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Cohort Calendar

Are you a leader interested in being a part of the next available cohort for Leadership Elements?

Participants are required to have been at DOR for at least 6 months prior to starting.
Talk with your direct supervisor about how you can get involved.

Questions or Wait List Request?

Please contact Ashlee Dutton or the DOR Organizational Development & Engagement Team.

Email Ashlee.Dutton@state.co.us

Email Rayna.Salas@state.co.us

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