How Cultivating Passion Can Increase Employee Engagement
We’ve all heard the term employee engagement before, and we also know how hard it is to achieve. When I think of employee engagement, some things that come to mind […]
Just the Beginning for Cohort 73 – Pigeon Peak
Each month, we get to meet amazing employees from around the city (and elsewhere) who attend Black Belt training to learn new skills, develop professionally, and ultimately make incredible contributions […]
nudge me just a little BIT
nudge /nej/ verb Prod someone gently in order to draw their attention to something. Nudge. You’ve likely nudged, and if you’ve ever been a kid who was slow to […]
Peak Book Summary: Peak Performance
In the book Peak Performance by Brian Elms (Innovation Practice lead at Change and Innovation Agency) with J.B. Wogan (Journalist at Governing Magazine), we investigate the new science of success […]
Guess Who’s Back…
Some of you already know me, but please allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is Patrice Hawkins, and I just returned to the Peak Academy
Congrats Cohort 72! – Columbia Point
Congratulations to Cohort #72! We had a total of 20 individuals representing several organizations within and external to the City and County of Denver. The groups represented include: City Council Clerk […]
New kid on the Peak block
My name is Amanda & I’m the newb on the Peak team. Although I’m new to Peak, I’ve been with the City & County of Denver for the last nine […]
From Boards to Riches: Developing Clarity through Organization
By Joel Drahos, Associate Recruiter, Denver Office of Human Resources – January 2018. Track, track, track, this is what they tell us – in leadership books, at the Peak Academy training, […]
Conference Room Scheduling Innovation in Denver’s Wellington Webb Building
Everyone knows the story; a few years back, after Eric Wolf, a Business Data Analyst with the Denver Department of Finance, took Denver Peak Academy’s Black Belt Training, he started […]
Congrats Cohort #70: Stewart Peak
Congratulations to Cohort 70! We had a total of 22 individuals representing several organizations within and external to the City and County of Denver. The groups represented include: The city of […]
Congratulations, Windom Peak!
Congratulations to our most recent Black Belt graduates from Cohort 68.5 (the second cohort to come through training this October). This group was comprised of Arvada, Thornton, and even Tucson, […]
Spirit of 66
By Casey McCurdy, Cohort 66 – Sunlight Peak, Lead Tax Auditor, Denver Department of Finance – August 2017 The City of Denver is a group of folks who are so […]
New Girl at Peak Academy
Hey there! My name is Ashley Brand and I’m the newbie over here at Peak Academy. I recently transferred over from Denver Public Library, where I was facilitating Green Belt […]
Congrats Cohort 66.5 – Tabeguache Peak!
Congratulations to Cohort 66.5! We had a total of 22 individuals representing several organizations within and external to the City and County of Denver. The groups represented include: Community Planning & […]
Congrats Cohort #66: Sunlight Peak
Congratulations to Cohort 66! We had a total of 24 individuals representing several organizations within and external to the City and County of Denver. The groups represented include: The Colorado Governor’s […]
Peak Book Summary: Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
In the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, there are six principles presented to help you craft and effectively […]
