Spring Forward In Your Career with Our May Institute Courses
This Spring, recommit yourself to continuing your professional development through the CSAC William “Bill” Chiat Institute for Excellence in County Government. A number of valuable courses are scheduled for May. You can check out the upcoming month’s schedule below:
Upcoming May Courses
Intergenerational Leadership (129)
Thursday, May 5, 2022 – 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM – Mendocino/Lake Campus
For the first time in history, we find ourselves working with people from five generations. In today’s workplace, we have to understand, communicate and interact with people from different eras, different values and habits, and fundamentally different ideas about life! This class focuses on understanding and practicing how to integrate deeper generational insights into practice. Participants do self-assessments of their eras and their own values. They profile their work environments to discern the complexity of the generational mix. Most importantly they learn a unique set of skills and processes to employ when encountering people whose values, habits and business practices may be at odds with their own. This workshop provides participants skills to blend generations to get the best from everyone.
This course is full.
Leading for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in County Government (131)
Thursday, May 19, 2022 – Friday, May 20, 2022 – 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM – Sacramento Campus
This two-day course focuses on changing policy and practices in county government through an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens. The course explores a systemic framework developed around structural changes to address complex issues of inequities that impact communities across counties. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in self-reflection, content exploration, and learn how to apply research based best practices to address internal and external inequities across the county.
Change Management: Strategies for Success (141)
Friday, May 20, 2022 – 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM – Fresno Campus
Managing change is a critical competency for county leaders as they seek to provide extraordinary services to their community. However, change is a complex and dynamic process that requires leaders to be intentional about the change they want to create. During this interactive course participants will gain the knowledge, tools, and skills necessary to drive successful change initiatives that enhance performance and increase organizational effectiveness. County leaders will engage in activities and discussions about the characteristics of change, barriers to adaptive change and strategies to create an environment that promotes change. After this course, leaders will leave with a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence the success of change management and familiarity with creating effective teams and goal achievement within their organizations.
Talent Development and Succession Planning (380)
Thursday, May 26, 2022 – 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM – Solano Campus
This interactive course will confront the “retirement wave” of baby-boomers leaving local government and explore strategies and best practices to create effective leadership development and succession planning programs in county government. The course includes case examples, small group discussions as well as presentations. Discussion highlights: workforce demographic challenges facing county government; why talent development, employee engagement and succession planning are key to building organizational capacity, especially in the post-pandemic era; the need to enhance the employee experience in county government even in time of constrained resources; steps to get started; and best practices and lessons learned from leadership development and talent development programs.
Communicating for Results: Best Practices for 21st Century Leadership (367)
Friday, May 27, 2022 – 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM – Sacramento Campus
How do you communicate to six generations and their unique forms of speaking, interpreting, and expressing themselves? How do you confront “device chaos” and “irrelevance overload”? What are the foundational and necessary skills for meaningful and productive communication both virtually and in-person? These are just a few of the searing questions leaders are faced with in a post-COVID era. If we have learned anything over the last couple of years, we have learned that ‘communication’ is a foundational leadership quality. We have more questions about how to lead and how to use communications as a core competency as never before. There are any number of leadership best practices that must be learned. Mastering ‘communicating for results’ is foremost amongst them. This course will focus upon the necessary skills for meaningful and productive communications, including how to manage email overload and engage in difficult conversations. County leaders will engage in discussions and activities that encourage participants to speak with themselves and others with compassion, caring, and empowerment.
Visit www.csacinstitute.org for registration and details.
