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<br />Trine Leadership Academy Celebration <br />June 14 was celebration day for the 2011 Trine Leadership Academy. Participants in the academy celebrated <br />completion of the sixth leadership academy program to be conducted at the City since 2004. The main purpose of <br />the academies is to bring together a group of formal <br />and informal leaders from across the organization to <br />share in an intense program of leadership self- <br />development and to create better cross- <br />organizational understanding and build critical <br />networks at the City. Each year is unique based on <br />the current initiatives and focuses of the City. <br /> <br />The Trine Leadership Program integrated three <br />specific development themes while meeting one of <br />the program’s primary goals of building important <br />networks and connections between the 25 <br />participants, who represented nearly all of the <br />departments at the City. Participants explored the <br />concepts of leadership principles, based on James <br />Kouzes’ and Barry Posner’s book Leadership <br />Challenge, along with the framework of effective <br />qualities of organizational change using the book <br />SWITCH as a foundation. <br /> <br />Unique to this year’s program was a project component which provided a rich environment in which to apply the <br />principles in real life. The projects were focused on the challenge of fully integrating the triple-bottom-line into <br />decision-making across the organization. The six months were spent developing a deeper understanding of the <br />concepts of the triple-bottom-line and exploring how other leadership development concepts support the triple- <br />bottom-line initiative. <br /> <br />On the last day, project presentations reflected the level of knowledge the group had gained on all of these concepts, <br />and reinforced the value of the relationships built across the organization. Although each year the Employee <br />Learning and Development program focuses on group leadership development activities, the next formal leadership <br />academy is slated for FY13. Watch the Employee Learning and Development bulletins on CESHARE and in emails <br />for upcoming programs for FY12. Congratulations to the entire group who completed this years’ program. <br /> <br />For more information, please contact Performance and Development Manager Denise Smith at 541-682-5731 or <br /> <br />denise.d.smith@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 5 <br />June 23, 2011 <br />