12/6/2019

Op/Ed
Secondary Targets
Sometimes the greatest personal growth results when a primary objective is not attained. Hitting a bullseye on your secondary target can bring the best long-term and lasting victory. If you aim high and barely miss the mark, it is much better than aiming low and hitting that target.
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District 2
Be Like Bob, Do It like Dan
The humble spirit of ITD employees means that some above-and-beyond efforts can go unnoticed, even by our fellow workers. Now that it is the season of giving, let’s take the time to remember when those around us did a good deed, whether at work or in their communities.
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Safety Corner
ITD Safety Stand Down: Critical Incident Stress Signs
On Dec. 19, ITD will hold it's 2019 Safety Stand Down with an all-employee event at 9 a.m. MST. A video teleconference will kick things off with a discussion of Critical Incident Stress Management to follow.
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Community Involvement
HQ Contracting Services issues Holiday Food Basket challenge
The Contracting Services group at ITD Headquarters recently put together a holiday food basket for the Idaho FoodBank and issued a challenge to other HQ sections to do likewise. The response has shown that ITD is not only a competitive bunch, but also responsive to the needs of the less fortunate.
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Employees
Innovation Steward Profile: Shauna Miller, Public Transportation & Aeronautics
Innovation is often cyclical, and in the best scenarios, a continuous loop. The movement from Idea to Invention to Improvement to Implementation is frequently not a straight line, or even a predictable progression. Shauna Miller recently stepped into that cycle.
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District 3
Innovation Steward Profile: D3’s Lori Copeland
This is the third in a series of employee profiles on the Innovation Stewards for each division or district. The aim is to shine the spotlight on these employees so the rest of us know who to turn to for help navigating the department’s innovation funnel. This week we profile District 3’s Lori Copeland.
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District 6
Sprague’s training props extend beyond district, state
Earlier this year District 6 Training Specialist Josh Sprague introduced an innovation to improve the training that ITD provided to flaggers. The utilization of props to help simulate and develop traffic-control scenarios and appropriate responses really took off.
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Idaho Transportation Board
Federal Lands, Excellence winners, outdoor signs and long-range plans highlight next week’s board meeting
Access to federal lands, winners of the 2019 Excellence in Transportation Awards, review of nearly 1,200 outdoor signs statewide, and a long-range transportation forecast will be featured at the Dec. 12 Idaho Transportation Board meeting in Boise.
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Career Development
ITD Job Openings
The current list of job openings may help inform employees of the career choices available to them that make ITD a great place to work. It also may assist in external recruitment when looking for the best candidates.
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