Supervisor Cox Opens New Trail

San Diego County Supervisor Greg Cox and community leaders unveiled signs and locations in San Diego for the California Coastal Trail, a 1,200-mile network of trails that will take residents and tourists on a scenic journey across the California coastline, from the Mexican border to Oregon. The nonprofit organization Coastwalk California will help install signs in San Diego identifying the trail.

County Shelter Cat Makes It Big

Moorea was adopted from the Department of Animal Services in October of 2009. Since then, she has donated hundreds of hours as a certified Pet-Assisted Therapy cat. On July 16, Moorea was recognized as the Pet of the Year by the California Veterinary Medical Association's Animal Hall of Fame. The photos are of her trip to San Francisco to accept her well-deserved recognition.

County Library Circulates 10 Million Items

The San Diego County Library recently reached a national library milestone of circulating more than 10 million items in one fiscal year. 

The figure includes all check outs and renewals of library materials beginning on July 1, 2009.  The library more than doubled its circulation over the past five years, having only circulated 4.1 million items in FY 2004-05, and saw a two million circulation increase from FY 2008-09. 

This achievement places the Library in the top 25 circulating libraries in the nation.

 

HR Offers New Training Opportunity

The County of San Diego’s newest Academy is the Professional Enrichment Seminars.

This new career development opportunity is a five-week training experience designed to prepare the County's top frontline employees for the important role they play in the organization's future.  This exciting new training experience will be held quarterly and replaces the previous Administrative Support Academy.  The program features the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, a world-renowned professional development course that helps individuals:

  • Learn how to take initiative
  • Learn how to balance key priorities
  • Improve interpersonal communication
  • Learn how to leverage creative collaboration
  • Apply principles for achieving a balanced life

In addition to the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, participants will also attend courses on Strategic Planning, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), DIBBS, Customer Service, Conflict Resolution, Change Management, Business Writing and Presentation Skills, which includes an end-of-program project presentation.

The cost of the Professional Enrichment Seminars is only $150.00. If taken through a private organization, the cost for the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People program by itself can cost more than $2,100! 

By attending the Professional Enrichment Seminars, employees will gain the knowledge and tools they will need to become highly effective employees.  This training experience will ensure that County employees enhance their productivity, improve communication skills, strengthen relationship building skills and manage change in the workplace.

Contact your Departmental Human Resources Officer to find out more about the nomination process.  Additional information on the Professional Enrichment Seminars can be found at (http://cww.co.san-diego.ca.us/dhr/Web-Training/PES/index.html).  

If you have additional questions, please contact Andrew Strong at Andrew.Strong@sdcounty.ca.gov or (619) 578-5758.