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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 2000)
Smoke Signals r .J .- hit -i I - k? - ; -..-,. - - POWERBROKERS Tribal members Sarah Harvey, Sanda "Sam" Henny and Mychal Leno from Spirit Mountain Casino's Employee Development program proudly show off some of the Power Tools used to enhance the career paths of Grand Ronde Tribal members. A total of 23 Tribal members recently graduated from the first ever Career Power Development program. The program is designed to increase career opportunities for participating Tribal members. The course lasted 11 months and will begin again soon. W hether you are a CEO, a security guard or a black jack dealer, know this: The secret to success is learning proper use of Power Tools. Huh? That may sound a bit odd, but for a few dozen Tribal members, those words echo what they were taught during the 11-month Career Power Development Program. And to them it makes perfect sense. "Well, it may sound strange at first," admits Tribal member Sanda "Sam" Henny, Spirit Mountain Casino's Employee Development Representative. "But this program is very, very easy to understand." Henny would know. She had hands-on experience overseeing the initial run of Career Power, an 11 month training program imple mented by the Tribe last November. The program began in response to Tribal Council's desires for a way to increase developmental opportunities for members working at Spirit Moun tain Casino. By developmental opportunities what is meant are the possibilities that arise after an employee has gone through a period of deep self-assessment. Through the training, employ ees examine their strengths, their weaknesses and how they view themselves and the outside world in general. Thus, after the training, students of the program would realize how sat isfying their current position is, the quality of their relationships with others, to what degree have they ful filled their potential, how. they can better do their jobs, or even whether their present job is the. job for them. For example, a security guard might complete the program and learn of his untapped talent and secret long ing to be, say... a circus clown. "Well, that hasn't happened," said Henny, laughing. "But we have definitely had people learn new things about themselves." Participants in the program were selected voluntarily, the commitment By Sam Henny 1 On Tuesday, October 24, 2000, a recognition dinner was held for the first gradu-1 ating class of the Career Power Development Program at Spirit Mountain Casino.': This training program was facilitated and sponsored by the Tribal Career Develop- ment Task Team, which is comprised of Mychal Leno, Employee Development Man ager, Sarah Harvey and Sam Henny, Employee Development Representatives. " The Career Power Development program was initiated in response to Tribal Council's request for further development opportunities for Tribal members who are currently employed by Spirit Mountain. The Tribal Career Task Team is very proud of all the graduates. This training was a great success because of the commitment of the employees and their active par ticipation. Also, recognition was given to the Managers and Directors who attended, the event and have supported this program throughout the past months; Ty Huff, Chief Financial Officer; Randy Dugger, House Director; Bruce Lattin, Security Man ager; Mark Holland, Lodge Manager, and Ron Sabatini, Facilities Manager; Special 'Thank You' to our speakers at the graduation event: Camille Mercier Director Human Resources Leonette Galligher Gaming Commissioner Mike Larsen Board of Directors Marion Mercier Tribal Education Manager Mark Olson Human Resources, for filming the event lkL;yfi C A k ) L, fl A l." " !" '.-4 ; Ax - . . y - -f . . . . .a. ' i z . i Congratulations to the following Tribal member graduates: Steven Bobb, Jr. Surveillance Mike Cook Facilities Tammy Cook Guest Services Mgr. IolaGalindo Lodge Patrick Galligher Player Services Diana George Security Ken Gregg Security Trina Green Facilities Shelley Hanson SMDC Carol Larsen Human Resources Eva Lauber Human Resources Bob Leno Facilities Fred McGee Surveillance Bruce Parazoo Table Games Hazel Pederson Lodge Marilyn Porter Human Resources Ron Reibach Facilities Susan Reyes Lodge Larry Risteen Lodge Candy Robertson Marketing Jesse Robertson Uniform Services Lewis Younger Facilities Bekki Youso Human Resources Photo by Dale Peterson
