Leadership Series 3 Workshop – Organizational / Management Excellence

By Tim Duhamel

Join us for this half day workshop to learn how to manage teams and individuals effectively to meet organizational goals, how to influence people (human resources) positively to achieve desired results, and to learn the fundamentals, best practices and policies to develop a culture that fosters diversity and inclusion.

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Course Content

Management Excellence – Having strong management skills is the backbone for any individual’s ability to foster a team’s success. This session focuses on the management skills toolbox and the attributes required to be a successful manager.
Human Resource Leadership – Leaders need to understand the basics of human resources from a motivational, policy, and legal perspective. This session will focus on the fundamentals of human resource management and setting human resource policy that supports the leadership model.
Diversity and Inclusion Leadership – Having a thorough understanding of the importance of diversity and inclusion in today’s workplace is essential for all leaders and managers. The session focuses on the fundamentals and best practices for diversity and inclusion.

Course Content
1. Management Excellence – Having strong management skills is the backbone for any individual’s ability to foster a team’s success. This session focuses on the management skills toolbox and the attributes required to be a successful manager.
2. Human Resource Leadership – Leaders need to understand the basics of human resources from a motivational, policy, and legal perspective. This session will focus on the fundamentals of human resource management and setting human resource policy that supports the leadership model.
3. Diversity and Inclusion Leadership – Having a thorough understanding of the importance of diversity and inclusion in today’s workplace is essential for all leaders and managers. The session focuses on the fundamentals and best practices for diversity and inclusion.

August 18, 2021

11:00 AM – 2:30 PM MST

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Course Info

Price:$350.00

PD Credits: 3

Category: Leadership/Management

Date:Aug 18, 2021

Time (MST): 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM MST

Time (EST): 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Course Synopsis

Course Info

Price:$350.00

PD Credits: 3

Category: Leadership/Management

Date:Aug 18, 2021

Duration: 3:29:49

Course Synopsis

Leadership Series 3 – Organizational / Management Excellence

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of

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Mauricio Reyes is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA),

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About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.
He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.
His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Mauricio Reyes is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), a Certified Asset Management Professional (CAMP), and is the Senior Manager of Financial Services at the City of Lacombe.
He has over 7 years of Municipal experience in both rural and urban municipalities and is a key member of the Asset Management Steering Committee.
He deeply interested in understanding how his role as a Finance officer can be used in Asset Management.

About the Author

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Course Description

Strategic Leadership – Understanding the basics of strategizing and how it applies to leadership is critical for managers and executives in today’s challenging municipal world. The ability to recognize barriers and opportunities in the development of effective strategies is an essential leadership quality. Learn how to link the corporate strategic plan to leadership actions and support the development of departmental business plans.

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Course Description

Management Excellence – Management is both a science and an art. The ability to manage effectively is equally important to strong leadership in an organization. Managing teams and individuals to meet organizational goals is becoming increasingly difficult in today’s political dynamics. Having strong management skills is the backbone for any individual’s ability to foster a team’s success. This session focuses on the management skills toolbox and the attributes required to be a successful manager.

Course Description

Management Excellence – Management is both a science and an art. The ability to manage effectively is equally important to strong leadership in an organization. Managing teams and individuals to meet organizational goals is becoming increasingly difficult in today’s political dynamics. Having strong management skills is the backbone for any individual’s ability to foster a team’s success. This session focuses on the management skills toolbox and the attributes required to be a successful manager.

Human Resource Leadership – Ultimately leadership is about influencing people (human resources) positively to achieve desired results. Leaders need to understand the basics of human resources from a motivational, policy, and legal perspective. This session will focus on the fundamentals of human resource management and setting human resource policy that supports the leadership model. Overcoming human resource challenges can be significantly improved when effective human resource policy and procedures are in place and embraced by municipal leaders.

Diversity and Inclusion Leadership – The basic purpose of municipalities is to provide public good and set a positive example. Having a thorough understanding of the importance of diversity and inclusion in today’s workplace is essential for all leaders and managers. The session focuses on the fundamentals and best practices for diversity and inclusion. Modern human resource practices and policies will be covered. This session will have a special focus on developing a culture that fosters diversity and inclusion.

Diversity and Inclusion Leadership – The basic purpose of municipalities is to provide public good and set a positive example. Having a thorough understanding of the importance of diversity and inclusion in today’s workplace is essential for all leaders and managers. The session focuses on the fundamentals and best practices for diversity and inclusion. Modern human resource practices and policies will be covered. This session will have a special focus on developing a culture that fosters diversity and inclusion.

Course Description

Everyday hundreds of municipal services are supported by capital assets. Capital assets are a critical foundation of service for all municipalities. Learn how to effectively articulate the value of municipal capital assets administratively to elected officials and the public.
An introductory course with a fundamental understanding of asset management in the municipal world, integrating asset management into the budget process, and the finance role in asset management.

Learning Outcomes

Learn how to effectively articulate the value of municipal capital assets administratively to elected officials and the public
Learn the basics of asset management in the municipal world and how to be well versed in the development of integrated financial plans for asset management to be a success
How to increase your ability to serve asset management with a thorough understanding of asset management standards

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Learning Outcomes
- Learn how to effectively articulate the value of municipal capital assets administratively to elected officials and the public
- Learn the basics of asset management in the municipal world and how to be well versed in the development of integrated financial plans for asset management to be a success
- How to increase your ability to serve asset management with a thorough understanding of asset management standards
- Learn the basics of asset management policy and strategy
- Learn about risk assessment and mitigation for capital assets
- How advocacy and leadership play an important part in asset management best practices
- An introduction to developing an asset management finance plan

Who Should Attend?

A unique professional development experience that has benefit for all municipal staff, including small, medium and large municipalities!

The webinar focus is on the professional development needs of any municipal financial professional and senior executive.

Who Should Attend?

Register Today!

In Alberta (GFOA)

BLOOM can customize courses for your needs.

Some topics include:

Financial Planning & Management
- Municipal risk and opportunity reviews
- Financial condition assessments
- Budget process reviews and development
- Priority based budgeting
- Program and service costing
- Operating budget forecasting and financial solution development
- Asset management
- Capital budget development and prioritization
- Capital plan development and prioritization
- Capital plan funding strategies (debt, grants, reserves, operating budget)
- Long term financial plan development
- Municipal price inflation (MPI) development
- User fee and permit reviews
- Development levy plans
- Grant research and application support

Strategic Business Planning
- Strategic plan facilitation and development
- Business plan facilitation and development
- Situational consulting and strategy development
- Facility project plans and feasibility studies

Education & Mentorship
- CAO mentorship and education
- Finance officer mentorship and education
- Council orientation and education
- Environmental education
- Communication and writing mentorship

Project & Change Management
- Project plans
- Change management plans and facilitation
- Services reviews

Advocacy
- Representation and negotiations
- Intermunicipal agreement reviews, frameworks and facilitation
- Intermunicipal negotiations

Communications
- Communication plans and strategies
- Facility sponsorship packages
- Narrative process development (budgets, strategic plans, business plans)
- Business plan writing
- Budget communication support
- Media releases
- Media strategy
- Newsletter development
- Public survey development
- Business case development

Environment
- Environmental education
- Environmental communication plans and strategies
- Climate change adaptation plan development
- Environmental strategic planning
- Environmental grant research and support

Questions? Get in touch…

Leadership Series 3 Workshop – Organizational / Management Excellence

Register Today!

Course Content

August 18, 2021

11:00 AM – 2:30 PM MST

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Course Info

Price:$350.00

PD Credits: 3

Category: Leadership/Management

Date:Aug 18, 2021

Time (MST): 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM MST

Time (EST): 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Course Synopsis

Course Info

Price:$350.00

PD Credits: 3

Category: Leadership/Management

Date:Aug 18, 2021

Duration: 3:29:49

Course Synopsis

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of

Municipal Education.

He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.

His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

About the Author

Mauricio Reyes is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA),

a Certified Asset Management Professional (CAMP), and is the Senior Manager of Financial Services at the City of Lacombe.

He has over 7 years of Municipal experience in both rural and urban municipalities and is a key member of the Asset Management Steering Committee.

He is he deeply interested in understanding how his role as a Finance officer can be used in Asset Management.

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.

He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.

His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

About the Author

Stephanie Porter is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and external auditor with Metrix Group LLP.

She has a passion for education and is a course developer and instructor for the University of Alberta in addition to her work at Bloom.

She is the lead Associate of curriculum development and instruction for Bloom’s reporting and audit stream.

Course Description

Course Description

Course Description

Learning Outcomes

Learn how to effectively articulate the value of municipal capital assets administratively to elected officials and the public

Learn the basics of asset management in the municipal world and how to be well versed in the development of integrated financial plans for asset management to be a success

How to increase your ability to serve asset management with a thorough understanding of asset management standards

Learn the basics of asset management policy and strategy

Learn about risk assessment and mitigation for capital assets

How advocacy and leadership play an important part in asset management best practices

An introduction to developing an asset management finance plan

Who Should Attend?

A unique professional development experience that has benefit for all municipal staff, including small, medium and large municipalities!

The webinar focus is on the professional development needs of any municipal financial professional and senior executive.

Register Today!

BLOOM can customize courses for your needs.

Some topics include:

Questions? Get in touch…