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Keynote: From Conflict to Conversation

How can leaders tackle complex and sensitive community issues in ways that make people feel heard, respected, and empowered? This session explores pragmatic approaches for city and town leaders to conduct collaborative and courageous conversations.

Matt Lehrman

Matt Lehrman is co-founder of Social Prosperity Partners, an Arizona-based firm that works nationally to help leaders and people in their communities achieve consensus around important decisions.

Join Matt Monday at 9 a.m.!

Wednesday Keynote: Navigating Missouri's Workforce

This discussion will feature an overview of current labor market information, workforce development policy priorities, and labor market trends. Dr. Leathers will also provide a summary of the resources available to communities across Missouri from the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development.

Mardy L. Leathers

Dr. Mardy L. Leathers was appointed to serve as the Director of the Missouri Office of Workforce Development in October 2017. In his capacity, Leathers serves as Executive Director to Missouri's State Workforce Development Board, Director of Apprenticeship Missouri, and oversees Missouri's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Programs.

Join Dr. Leathers on Wednesday at 8 a.m.!

Scholarship

Scholarships are available to municipalities that have not attended in four or more years. Click HERE for the scholarship form.

The scholarship includes:

  • Full registration
  • Sleeping room for three nights (check-in Sept. 11 and check-out Sept. 14)

Deadline is August 1, 2022. You will be notified within a week of the deadline if you are a recipient. 

CCFOA Master Academy

September 11, 2022
9 am - 5 pm

Click HERE for full information and to register. 

Goals & Time Management
Speaker: Chris Bryant
The morning session will be led by speaker Chris Bryant and will cover goal setting and time management. We all let life get crazy sometimes but learn how to utilize goals and priorities to your advantage allowing you to manage your time more efficiently.

Flourish - Increase Profit, Maximize Individual Strengths and Create Stronger Teams
Speaker: Mea Austin
Developing your strengths – the things you’re good at and actually enjoy doing – makes it eighteen times more likely you’ll describe yourself as “flourishing” at work? (Psychology today 2016.) Most of us worry about getting rid of our weaknesses. The truth is, you may never overcome your weaknesses, but you can make significant changes in the way you live and work that allow you to flourish. You will understand the benefits of staying in your energy zone. As a Licensed Predictive Index Partner, I provide each individual attendee with objective data about the way they think and behave. Each participant receives concrete tools and coaching to help them use the strengths that energize them to thrive at work, and at home. We will discover how to take those individual strengths to increase the ability of your team/group to communicate and collaborate. This program will maximize the results of teams and allow individuals to flourish.

Individual Change - Make Changes That Stick
Speaker: Mea Austin
Why do our vows to improve our lives (go to the gym, lose ten pounds, drink less, clean more, save money) end in failure in a matter of weeks or even days? Our best efforts to change are routinely overwhelmed by forces within us. Transformation is only possible, personally, and professionally, when we have the capacity to change and the resources to do so. Understand why the same system meant to protect us from negative changes can inadvertently keep us from making positive changes. This eye-opening session will provide the tools to unlock your capacity to create lasting change.

Margaritaville Lake Resort - Lake of the Ozarks

**CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

Don your shades, kick up your feet, and grab your favorite drink. Tucked away on the banks of the Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Margaritaville Lake Resort Lake of the Ozarks, previously known as Tan-Tar-A Resort,  is a refuge for endlessly fun living. Inspired by the lyrics and lifestyle of singer, songwriter and author Jimmy Buffett, our resort invites you to live it up on the lake. Tee off on our championship golf courses, or set out on a lake cruise with a pontoon boat rental at the resort's full-service marina. Flavors and cocktails play together to form a meal you won't soon forget at one of our 7 restaurants and bars. Find your moment of zen at Driftwood Spa and Salon. Spend the day cooling off at Jolly Mon Indoor Water Park, or explore local trails on horseback. Waterfront surroundings, lakeside adventures, and relaxing vibes set on 420 scenic acres. There's no better paradise than right here.