The 22-minute video course covers:
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The Importance of Coaching ENGAGE 2.0.
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The Benefits of Coaching (Versus Managing)
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How to Create Coaching Relationships
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Coaching for Performance and Development
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How to Deliver Highly Effective Coaching
Access the MOLearning training here.
For options for field employees to access the training, click
here.
For more ENGAGE 2.0 information, click here or contact your
district or Central Office Change
Champion.
Microsoft OneNote is a note-taking
application for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration,
which can be organized into separate notebooks, and individual sections within
notebooks. It is compatible with a range of digital formats, meaning it’s
possible to pin multimedia documents as well as simple text.
• OneNote is a digital notebook that automatically saves and syncs your notes as
you work.
• Type information in your notebook or insert it from other apps.
• Take handwritten notes or draw your ideas.
• Use highlighting and tags for easy follow-up.
OneNote fully leverages the cloud
and Microsoft technologies to make capturing, storing and sharing any kind of
information easy.
Kansas City District Engineer Dave Silvester announced that he will retire from MoDOT in June.
Silvester began his career with
MoDOT in 1992 as a highway designer in Kansas City, working his way up to the
position of assistant state design engineer. He then served as the assistant
district engineer in MoDOT’s Northeast District, before becoming the Central
District engineer in 2011.
He has been the District Engineer
for the Kansas City District since September 2019.
Silvester made a point to get to
know employees, making pancakes for maintenance crews before the pandemic.
Silvester announced his retirement
to his employees via email last week.
“In my short
time in KC, I have come to know many of you.
I only wish I’d had the opportunity to get out and interact with you all
more. We were just getting started with
pancakes when the pandemic happened. I
am sad the pandemic took this opportunity from us, but I’m grateful for the
time we’ve had together,” Silvester said. “I’ve seen great work from all of you
here in KC, and I know that will continue after I’m gone. Thank you for being a great team and I look
forward to seeing all the amazing work you’ll do in the future.”
In-Office 365 users do not have profile pictures established by default. When attending Teams meetings or viewing emails in Outlook on the mobile device, the user’s initials will be seen as the icon/avatar. It can be difficult to recognize a user at times by just their initials. Add a personal touch and make yourself stand out by uploading your picture to your O365 profile. This helps users visualize participants in meetings better and helps find emails when scrolling.
Open your Outlook client.
Click on the “File” tab.
Under Account Settings click the “Change” link.
***Photos can take a couple weeks to replicate to all
systems: Outlook, Delve, Microsoft documents, One Note and Teams***
Picture guidance: MoDOT recommends photos consist of
head & shoulders only, on a neutral background, and in business or business
casual attire. Refrain from having pets, sports teams, avatars,
sunglasses, and hats.
MoDOT’s
Emergency Response crew aids drivers 24/7, 365 days a year and their response
plays a vital role during winter weather events.
“During
the winter weather events is when we are the busiest,” said Hector Ortiz, MoDOT
Emergency Response Operator.
During
the winter weather Incident that occurred Feb. 6-9, incidents where the
Emergency Response crew came to the scene cleared about 5 minutes faster on
average, compared to those where the Emergency Response crew did not assist.
Data
from that event show that on average incidents with ER assistance cleared in
27.3 minutes, compared to 32.5 minutes for incidents that did not use ER
response.
For
the winter weather event that occurred Feb. 14-17, the gap between the clear
times narrowed, with an average of 25.8 minutes for incidents that used ER
response and a clear time of 26.5 minutes for those that did not.
“During
winter events, we adjust our schedules (12-hour shifts) so that we can provide
maximum assistance to LE/Fire/Towing/Motoring Public and of course MoDOT
maintenance forces,” said Marcus Slaughter, KC SCOUT Incident Management
Coordinator. “Typically, we respond to slick locations, called in by our
partners, prior to maintenance, due to our being able to respond in a quicker
fashion and our close relationships with them. Unfortunately, our hitch mounted
spreaders (all ER trucks are equipped with these during winter months) aren’t
as big as maintenance V-beds, but we always do our best to treat these areas to
keep the roads safe for those driving as well as persons that may be on foot
due to vehicle breakdowns and accidents.”
Most
people think about maintenance and snowplows when they think about winter
weather events. But emergency response plays an important role in ensuring that
the snowplows can clear the roads.
“Maintenance and ER work as a team during winter events. We
appreciate their ability to respond quickly to handle isolated slick spots and
managing incidents,” District Maintenance Engineer Lynelle Luther said. “It can
get pretty hectic during a winter event, especially if there is an incident, so
it is nice to have a crew that can help us get our trucks where they need to
be.”
Cooperation
between emergency response and maintenance helps our crews provide the most
efficient service to the driving public.
“In
times past, we alert maintenance to potential hazards and ever-changing
conditions via the TMC which shares this information with the EOC and customer
service. Again, our hope is that this information allows maintenance to target
their attention on ‘problem areas and be as effective as possible,” Slaughter
said. “We’ve also cleared traffic to allow plow trucks to navigate and
plow/treat the roadways in and around accident scenes. Without this,
maintenance plow trucks would just be stuck in traffic waiting for the scene to
clear while the surrounding road conditions deteriorate.”
