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American Association of Water Distribution & Management
In cooperation with the American Association of Water Distribution & Management (AAWD&M), we are pleased to provide our members access to the following leadership workshop videos.
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Module #1: Inverse Condemnation
This video series covers the evolving legal theory of inverse condemnation and its direct impact on those public water systems that own and operate water delivery systems. Inverse condemnation is a complicated legal theory presenting unique defense challenges for public water systems. The issue is particularly salient as physical injury to real property associated with a wildfire is now being linked as a wrongful taking by a public water system when their fire suppression infrastructure fails during a wildfire.
Video #1 on Inverse Condemnation: In this video, Joseph Salazar, partner with Lewis Brisbois, will provide a summary of inverse condemnation including its origins, precedent, and impact on public water systems.
Video #2 on Inverse Condemnation: Marc Marcantonio, General Manager at Yorba Linda Water District, discusses his district’s experience, lessons learned, and peer advice associated with inverse condemnation litigation from the 2008 Freeway Complex Fire.
Video #3 on Inverse Condemnation: Paul Fuller, CEO of Allied Public Risk and AAWD&M Director, provides a detailed examination of risk transfer strategies encompassing inverse condemnation.
Module #2: Critical Infrastructure
Video #1 on Critical Infrastructure: Joe Weiss, Managing Partner with Applied Control Solutions, LLC takes us through two case scenarios involving critical security losses to water-wastewater entities.
Video #2 on Critical Infrastructure: Joseph Crisologo, Senior Homeland Security Engineer at California State Water Resources Control Board, will provide a regulatory perspective on security challenges within the water industry, putting current legislation and regulations in context and sharing his thoughts on the future of Federal involvement in water security.
Video #3 on Critical Infrastructure: Kevin McDonald, COO & CISO with Alvaka Networks will discuss security concerns and security culture challenges within the water/wastewater industry, with emphasis on cyber concerns.
Module #3: Workers Compensation in the Water Management Industry
Module #4: Sexual Harassment in the Water Management Industry
Module #5: Climate Change
Video #1 on Climate Change: Water professionals from Las Vegas Valley Water District and Denver Water discuss the overall impact of climate change on the operations of public water systems. presents a holistic view of climate change from the perspective of a weather scientist.
Video #2 on Climate Change: Climatologists from Las Vegas Valley Water District and Denver Water provide an examination of the steps their organizations are taking to address the adverse effects of climate change.
Video #3 on Climate Change: A panel of water professionals from Las Vegas Valley Water District, Denver Water, and AAWD&M discuss actionable climate-related solutions that can be implemented across the sector, with an emphasis on risk management.
Module #6: Gordon Graham Series – Risk Management for Public Water Systems
Video 1 of 9: What is Risk Management All About?
This webinar introduces the Certified Public Risk Officer – Water & Wastewater (CPRO-W²) designation, which is the country’s first university-administered risk management designation for water and wastewater professionals. CPRO-W² focuses on practical and customized applications of enterprise risk management for the Water sector.
Video 2 of 9: The Ten Families of Risk
In this video, Gordon takes the thousands of “risks” faced by public water systems and put them into “Ten Families.” Mr. Graham identifies each of these families and challenges the viewer to identify the “three greatest risks” faced by your organization in each of these families – and to assure you have appropriate control measures in place to address each of these identified risks.
Video 3 of 9: The Five Concurrent Themes for Success
In this video, Gordon introduces you to a “checklist” for success. If the ultimate goal is “getting things done right,” here is a 5 step checklist to achieve that goal.
Video 4 of 9: Organizational Risk Management
This video introduces “The Five Pillars of Success.” When the leadership of a public water system focuses on getting and keeping good PEOPLE, building good POLICY, assuring great initial and ongoing TRAINING, providing adequate SUPERVISION, and having a viable DISCIPLINE process in place to address employees who do not follow organizational policy – you will dramatically increase the probability of “tasks, incidents and events” ending up “going right” thus avoiding nasty consequences.
Video 5 of 9: Meaningful Performance Evaluations
In this video, Gordon focuses on comprehensive background investigations and performance evaluations, which form Pillar One – Getting and Keeping Good People. Performance Evaluations are a great risk management tool – when they are taken seriously. Gordon will give you some in depth thoughts on the importance of evaluations as well as background investigations – and some proven strategies to improve the quality of the process.
Video 6 of 9: Supervision 101
In this video, Gordon focuses on how best to select, train, mentor and develop your supervisory team. Is there a better way to do this? What is the key role of the supervisor? What are the consequences when supervisors do not behave like supervisors?
Video 7 of 9: Employee Discipline
In this video, Gordon focuses on Pillar Five with some thought on the importance of Discipline. When rules are not being followed – this failure to act must be addressed through the discipline function. Failure to address a violation of policy can result in significant consequences, and Gordon will provide his rules for successful discipline in the workplace.
Video 8 of 9: Job Based Harassment
In this video, Gordon talks about the “hot topic” of Harassment in the workplace. This is not a “Black Swan” but rather a “Gray Rhino” and the consequences for allowing inappropriate behavior in the workplace are significant. Gordon will provide some proven strategies and tactics to address this critical issue with the ultimate goal of better protecting all of your personnel from inappropriate behavior.
Video 9 of 9: Ethical Decision Making
In this video, Gordon talks about the importance of giving your personnel a “decision making process.” In too many organizations, we teach our people how to do things – but we do not teach them how to think. Gordon will provide a decision making process that is applicable for all high-risk professions.