Life at CPO

Life at CPO

CPO values all team members, and the values are not just words for us. We actively guide our values through how we build our teams, cultivate leaders, and create an organization that’s the right fit for every person inside of it. Our team members fuel our innovation and connect us closer to the people and communities we serve. More importantly, we create an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work.

Our values encompass a relationship, philosophy with acknowledging, welcoming, embracing, supporting, and accepting every team member and intersectional population inside and outside of CPO.  We provide an environment that promotes equal access to opportunity, and we distribute resources based on needs.

Thanks to funding from Community Foundation of the Ozarks, we are proud to have a Director dedicated to our community to help other organizations build capacity.  The Director focuses on opportunities and resources for other organizations to help them advance across the community and create infrastructures for them and businesses to enhance their capacity to assist others.  We reduce roadblocks that hinder their ability to improve the quality of life for everyone in our region.

Here at CPO, we want to serve as a change agent, proactively addressing and promoting our community through implementation of the Inclusive Excellence Model within our organization and the communities we serve. This model promotes opportunities where everyone can achieve their organizational goals. The model was first brought to Springfield and implemented at Missouri State University, and it has expanded to Springfield’s public entities and other non-profit organizations. We work with our community partners toward the Inclusive Excellence Model’s ultimate goal—to increase access for all who need and utilize our services and continue to make entities and organizations inclusive and excellent for everyone.  For information about this training, please contact Darline Mabins at dmabins@cpozarks.org.

 

Mayor's Five Pillars of Change for Equity and Equality

We have adopted the Mayor’s Five Pillars of change. These guiding principles make Springfield more inclusive and improve equitable access to opportunities to all.

  1. Dialogue and Understanding
  2. Cultural Consciousness
  3. Advocacy and Partnerships
  4. Structural Systemic Barriers
  5. Personal and Organizational Accountability

 

To learn more go about these pillars, click here.