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Leadership Roundtable Program

• Initiated in 1999
• To build leadership capacity at all levels
• A forum to learn the significance of leadership
• Builds collegiality and mutual understanding

within the organization

• 10 one-day sessions and pre-work (reading

articles, completing self-assessment inventories, on-line learning journals)

• Work on a project developing team

building, decision-making and project management skills

History

• Six groups have completed the program
• Approximately 165 Leadership Roundtable

alumni

• Teams choose a project to work on which

will further Council’s Strategic commitments and have a positive benefit for the City (In total 24 projects to date, 8 implemented) Examples of recent projects are:

• Christmas Food Drive
• Employee Computer Purchase Policy
• Strategy for the implementation of an

internet recruitment tool

• New Employee Orientation Program

Formal Evaluation

• Formal evaluation done in 2003 after five

program offerings

• The evaluation was conducted by Mary Foster,

Ph.D., Marketing Researcher and Professor The following eight areas were measured:

• Chaos and Change
• Teamwork
• Decision-making
• Work Environment
• Communication
• Personal Development
• Future Ambition
• Overall Attitude to the Organization

By every measure, this program has been an

• verwhelming success!
• Understanding of the practice of leadership

has been enhanced

• Applied learning to the challenges of their

current position, particularly during this stressful time of restructuring

• Better decision-making, work environment,

communication and networking across departments

• More confident and committed employees
• Higher morale than might be expected

during a time of increased chaos and change