Monthly Archives: February 2026

📥 Download Come Together: Leadership, Belonging, and the Work of Staying Engaged (free) There is a quiet tension many of us feel across the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valleys. We care deeply about housing. About mental health. About workforce. About climate, child care, education, and the future of our communities. And yet, collaboration often feels harder than it should. Conversations stall. Meetings fatigue us. Coalitions form—and sometimes quietly dissolve. People step back. It would be easy to call this apathy. But what if it’s something else? In our new whitepaper, Come Together: Leadership, Belonging, and the Work of Staying Engaged, [...]

Listening Intelligence: The Leadership Skill Hiding in Plain Sight RFL Academy Welcomed Dave Momper from Thrival Concepts on February 6, 2026 at the Basalt Regional Library. Pictured: Steve Vanderleest, Andrea Palm-Porter, Dave Momper If leadership is influence, then listening is its foundation. This month, RFL Academy participants spent the day with Dave Momper, diving into the science and practice of Listening Intelligence, a powerful framework that expands how leaders understand communication, conflict, and collaboration. At first glance, listening may seem simple. We do it every day. But as participants quickly discovered, hearing and listening are not the same thing. Listening Intelligence challenges [...]