by Mike Butler | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog
During my time as Longmont’s Public Safety Chief, I shifted my department’s philosophy, policies, and practices to embrace the activation of the common good. I believed the reality and the perception of safety were mostly the responsibility of citizens, both...
by Carol Engel-Enright | Mar 18, 2024 | Blog
Are you satisfied with the current culture? What would motivate you to explore ideas and strategies for shifting culture in your family, workplace, neighborhood, community, state, nation, and the world? SOSSAS is excited for our new classes coming in April and...
by Christine Cavalier | Feb 23, 2024 | Blog
SOSSAS is a non-political organization working to create unity, accountability, respect, and compassion in our society among citizens, leaders, and organizations by educating all stakeholders on civility, servant leadership, civil discourse, and much more. As we...
by Mike Butler | Feb 20, 2024 | Blog
The word ‘transparency’ is often utilized when characterizing the attributes of a good organization or perhaps as a component of integrity. Transparency was certainly a part of what was important for us in our police department in Longmont, but what really helped us...
by Stephanie Rossi | Jan 29, 2024 | Blog
Your transformative journey began in the SOSSAS Level I courses as you were introduced to the idea of what Effective Communicators can do. The first five courses focused on you learning how to cultivate a leadership presence, foster empathetic listening and...
by Mike Butler | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog
Have you ever been in a room where several different people had persisting divergent ideas about how to move forward, solve a problem, or respond to a set of circumstances? We all have, and we tend to know that it happens much more frequently than it used to. Name a...
