Harnessing the Power of Your Team

Does planning in your community feel chaotic and transactional? Do you feel like you are observing or facilitating planning rather than leading planning? Policies are changing mid-project, political environments are increasingly divisive leading to inconsistent direction, community amenities conversations are based on in the moment ideas rather than strategic direction and demands for speed and efficiency are overshadowing collaborative problem-solving. The risk to planners is a loss of job satisfaction, loss of creativity and less solution-oriented planning. Learn how to combat these pressures by harnessing your organization’s internal expertise to lead neighborhood and comprehensive plan development, create a forum for internal dialogue, idea generation and problem solving and become more engaged in community planning. Learn low-cost and scalable strategies and exercises you can apply in your own work environment to empower your team to participate in community visioning, discuss how to leverage community assets, identify areas of opportunity and areas of challenge, and problem solve together. See how the vision and creativity of your team can be translated into both day-to-day work and future plans and policies. Before you hire a consultant or engage with the public, use the power of your team.

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