Leadership Skills
Public Employees Leadership Institute
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Modules
1. Exploring and discussing the elements of leadership
2. Ethics and leadership
3. Defining excellence
4. Organizational self-assessment
5. Team development
6. Right Seat Ride
This course explores the concepts of creating a vision for the future and the ability to communicate that vision to others.
This would include:
- Exploring and Discussing the Elements of Leadership
- Ethics
- Organizational Self-Assessment
- Defining Excellence
- Team Development
Key concepts include:
- Team development
- Leadership styles
- Professional ethics
- Organizational self-assessment
- Defining excellence
Objectives: Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:
- Involve the elements of leadership successfully
- Understand the role of leadership and how it relates to a successful manager
- Recognize the importance and impacts of ethics as a leader and manager
- Identify individual leadership styles including the strengths and weaknesses of each
- Apply team development concepts for more successful team interactions
- Discuss the processes of self-assessment and defining excellence
Instructors
Amy Foster
Position
Works for City of Coralville’s Engineering Department.
Experience
Amy manages the City of Coralville’s stormwater and right of ways programs. She enjoys serving on public works and stormwater committee at the local, state and national levels.
Mike Duffy
Position
City of Cedar Rapids Street Operations Manager
Experience
Born and raised in Davenport Mike Duffy joined the Army out of High School and spent the majority of his Military career overseas. After the Military Mike attended Scott Community College and then the University of Iowa receiving a BS in Civil Engineering.
Upon graduation Mike worked for Shive-Hattery in Cedar Rapids doing mostly roadway design and traffic related work. Mike went to work with the Linn County Secondary Road Department in 2000 as Road Superintendent. After the working closely with Cedar Rapids during the 2008 flood Mike accepted the full time position of Street Superintendent for the City in order to help with recovery and rebuilding. Mike is currently the Street Operations Manager for the City.
Mike is an active member of APWA and serves on the City Incident Management team as well as the State IMT.
Krisdeena Jansen
Krisdeena Jansen works full time as a management consultant where she develops training programs, leads change programs, and manages projects for organizations across the globe. In 2019 she started her own professional development consulting company called GLUTRECK Engagement & Development where she designs, develops, and facilitates professional development programs for organizations across the state. She has over ten years’ experience in training and development and is a certified master trainer.
Corey Mellies
Position
Currently Corey is the Director of the Fleet Services with the City of Ames.
Education
BS in Civil Engineering; Iowa State University
Experience
Corey has spent the last 17 years in local government. He has held positions in engineering, operations, and fleet.
Denise Vrchota
Dr. Denise Vrchota is a professor of teaching in the Communication Studies Program at Iowa State University. She teaches courses in communication training, theory, groups & teams, nonverbal, and interpersonal communication. Her research focuses on the communication traditions specific to disciplines. Her graduate work is in adult learning. She conducts workshops and training on oral communication topics for audiences at the university and for off-campus businesses and organizations.
Jonathan Gano
Position
Jonathan is the Director of Public Works for the City of Des Moines, a position he’s held since early 2015.
Experience
He is responsible for the city’s wastewater utility, stormwater utility, flood control, street maintenance, snow removal, tree care, and residential trash and recycling.