Ever feel like a rubber band that’s ready to pop? Then YOU must be a department of one! The good news is that you CAN do it. We’ll share with you some strategies and tips to help move you from feeling “over done” to “can be done!” Using a self-assessment, learners will evaluate and prioritize the roles they need to play in order to support their organization in achieving its performance goals. Vision and mission statements will be defined and examples of well-known organization’s vision and mission statements (e.g. Training Magazine) will be shared and aspects of each will be discussed as a large group. Learners will share their own department’s vision and mission statement and begin to formulate ideas of areas to include when later crafting theirs. In order to forge ahead, the importance of building relationships is discussed and a nine cell partnership chart is introduced outlining everyone’s roles for success. Learners identify what they are doing now and what they need to do in order to build these relationships within the organization.