The Vermont League of Cities and Towns Welcoming and Engaging Communities Cohort is in partnership with Vermont cultural transformation consultancy Abundant Sun. We offer municipal leaders participation in our Ethical Performance Improvement Campaign (E.P.I.C.). The E.P.I.C. Journey is a strategic methodology based on data and science aimed at catalyzing organizations to build better cultures from within. Participants will be comprised of about a dozen Vermont municipalities on a six-month journey including eight two-hour virtual workshops on topics that include “Equality vs Equity, Diversity & Inclusion,” “Employee Engagement,” and “Data Analytics & Building Strategy”.  The sessions offer an opportunity for municipalities to collect key inclusion and belonging metrics by surveying elected officials, appointed officials, and paid staff.

“Abundant Sun has been working with Vermont businesses for the past seven years, collecting data on their workplace cultures,” said Abundant Sun CEO Dr. Jude Smith Rachele. “We are really excited to start working in collaboration with VLCT to get a lay of Vermont’s municipal land when it comes to employee experience and engagement. We need this education and hard data to help improve Vermont’s civic culture.”

Here is a full account of what we’re doing: Read here

Send an email to info@vlct.org to register your interest in having your municipality participate in the series, and to receive a private link to the online application.