Workforce Excellence

Workforce-Excellence

PRIORITY	ACTION ITEM	LEADS	TIME FRAME	PROGRESS	NEW TIME FRAME (IF APPLICABLE)
Focus on Employee Development & Well-Being	Enhance our El Dorado County Leadership Academy and provide an annual summary to the Board of Supervisors	Human Resources	Ongoing	Implemented and ongoing
	Create a comprehensive employee recognition program	Chief Administrative Office, Human Resources	Spring 2024	Placed on hold due to budget constraints and labor negotiations.	Fall 2025
	Continue to implement wellness initiatives and activities for El Dorado County employees	Human Resources	Ongoing	Implemented and ongoing
	Begin informal brown bag lunches/coffee led by the Chief Administrative Officer, with special guests from the community	Chief Administrative Office	Summer 2024	Initiated site visits to various County departments to tour facilities and meet employees and established annual employee appreciation lunches for the east and west slope.	Ongoing

Enhance Employee Retention	Attract and retain the best employees by providing competitive compensation, training, and advancement opportunities, and creating a positive and thriving culture	Chief Administrative Office, Human Resources, All County Departments	Ongoing	Implemented and ongoing. HR is continuing to develop training and development opportunities for staff and working with the BOS on maintaining competitive salaries.
	Explore best practices and opportunities to assist employees in achieving a work/life balance	Chief Administrative Office, Human Resources	Summer 2024	Implemented and ongoing. Achievements thus far: courses on nutrition, mental health, physical health, financial guidance, fitness classes, employee clubs, wellness challenges, promote our EAP program.
	Create a workforce excellence committee to explore best practices related to employee development and retention	Chief Administrative Office, Human Resources	Winter 2024	Delayed due to budget and labor negotiations.	Winter 2025

Perform Data Collection & Reporting	Conduct countywide surveys to assist in making informed countywide workforce decisions by understanding employee priorities	Chief Administrative Office, Human Resources	Spring 2024	Currently being developed.	Winter 2025
	Initiate a review of all Human Resources policies and procedures	Human Resources	Ongoing	Implemented and ongoing.
	Improve exit survey process to better understand and assess the reasons for staff attrition	Human Resources	Summer 2024	Implemented and ongoing.