Partners in Professional Development

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Partners inProfessional Development

• Recruitment, Retention Trainingfor Succession
  Planning
• Wednesday, April 22, 2009 -- Breakout Session VII
• Green Country (2nd Floor)

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Partners inProfessional Development

• Moderator John P. Campbell, TxDOT AASHTO
  subcommittee chair
• Overview / FHWA Resources for Excellence
• Gerry Solomon, Esq., Office of Real Estate
  Services, FHWA
• Panelists
• Bimla Rhinehart -- California DOT
• Suzette Shellooe -- California DOT
• Bob Merryman -- O.R. Colan Associates
• Faith Roland -- IRWA president
• Ken Towcimak -- NAPREP (National Association of
  Public-sector Real Estate Professionals)

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• introductions

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PREVIEWWhats at stake?
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Facing the future
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expertiseOUR LOSS
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problemSOLUTIONS?
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recruiting(attract them)
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training(grow them)
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retention(sustain them)
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progress
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WORDS OF WISDOM
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As you sow, so shall you reap.
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Be the changeyou want to see in the
world. -- Gandhi
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Nothing happens until you decide.Make a
decision and watch your life move forward. 
Oprah Winfrey
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If there is no wind, row.  Unknown
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5 commandments of effective staff
development   1. Thou shalt be a visible
learner.   2. Thou shalt treat all individuals
individually.   3. Thou shalt find your own
voice.   4. Thou shalt see things as they ought
to be.   5. Thou shalt model the model. --
(author unknown)
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Organizational development... requires a planned
approach to change based on meeting the needs of
both the people and the organization." --
Killion Harrison (1990)
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"People can be encouraged to change, but if the
structure of the system in which the individuals
work does not support them or allow enough
flexibility, improvement efforts will fail.--
Todnem Warner (1994)
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Similarly, if the organization's governance,
policies, structures, time frames, and resource
allocation are changed but the individuals within
the organization do not have opportunities to
learn how to work within the new system, the
improvement effort will fail.-- Todnem
Warner (1994)
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TxDOT
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ROWDivision
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IRWA
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Betterfastercheaper
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Making CandyEthel Lucy

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v4wp3m1vg06Q

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Whats it worth?
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Whats it worth now?
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