WY Lead Advancing Leaders Academy update

By Kurt Borgaard, Training Services

By the printing of this August 2023 edition of Interchange, the pilot cohort for the WY Lead Advancing Leaders Academy is diving into session seven of nine. The goals of WY Lead are to increase WYDOT’s leadership bench strength and create a network of mentors/colleagues for leadership support. The 15 selected participants have been proactively engaged with each other, as well as with the content, which aligns to the following leadership development model.

• Leadership Self Awareness

• Leadership Mindsets

• Leadership Strengths

• Leadership Growth

• Leading Others

• Achieving Performance

• Developing Employees

• Influencing through Connections

• Leading the Agency

• Knowing the Organization

• Advocating through Behavior and Language

• Planning for Succession

Synthesizing the content of the cohort, three working groups within the WY Lead cohort are working toward a project presentation to WYDOT Executive Staff during the final session in September. The presentation will focus upon strategies and recommendations to solve a current organizational challenges at WYDOT. Each of the groups will share the brainstorming approach, data/research and decision making processes that they used to narrow down their recommended strategies to solve the organizational challenge. Along with WYDOT Executive Staff, we all look forward to seeing the fruits of the efforts of this WY Lead pilot cohort.

As we pursue the ongoing improvement with the delivery and effectiveness of the WY Lead Program, this pilot cohort group continues to provide valuable feedback and insight. Together, we serve to meet the vital agency needs of WYDOT.

Training@aGlance

Training@aGlance

Check out the upcoming training opportunities from WYDOT-U and the Transportation Learning Network. Don’t forget to check out the calendar on NEOGOV to see upcoming training events!

Check out the upcoming training opportunities from WYDOT-U and the Transportation Learning Network. Don’t forget to check out the calendar on NEOGOV to see upcoming training events!