The Washington State Department of Ecology chose us to design and deliver their largest ever management training program. This one year program would upgrade the skills of 80 mid-level managers in a number of critical areas.
We identified needs and sourced the best faculty from across the country to conduct 12 different courses, then evaluated results. Each program was delivered three times. Topics included Working with the Legislature, Effective Negotiations, Strategic Thinking, Performance Budgeting, and Conflict Resolution. Each participant also received an in-depth before-and-after-skills assessment, using the most sophisticated expert management assessment system available at the time.
Before-and-after-skills assessment showed substantial improvements in the effectiveness of this key management level Senior Ecology leadership observations confirmed the across-the-board skills increase. Our final event was the topic of a special report on National Public Radio.