Beyond WIOA: Broadening the Scope of your WDB PRESENTED BY: DEBBIE MURPHY, WDB CHAIR, MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND LORI STRUMPF, WORKFORCE CONSULTANT AND PRESIDENT, STRUMPF ASSOCIATES PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKFORCE BOARDS, 2018
OPENING QUESTIONS WDB s have three key roles: Convening role Governance role and Strategic role What does your board see as the primary role or are all 3 primary? What are some of the functions the board does to carry out these roles? MURPHY AND STRUMPF MARCH 2018 2
Strategic Role Use Sector Strategies: Sector strategies represent a new way for workforce boards to conduct business: moving from a program administration and oversight focus to a more strategic role building regional talent pipelines, addressing skill gaps, and creating meaningful career pathways for a range of workers in important regional industries. Position the board to focus on strategic talent issues. Create Social Enterprises: Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit. What differentiates social enterprises is that their social mission is as core to their success as any potential profit. Diversify Resources to expand the workforce boards reach, to innovate and to sustain effective practices. Increase Employer Engagement. Develop Regional Marketing and Communication Strategies and Plans. MURPHY AND STRUMPF MARCH 2018 3
Convening Role Lead strategic collaboration among partners. Coordinate internal and external communication strategies. Develop methods to collect real time labor market data from targeted regional industries. Identify common strategies to help integrate systems such as: Common data collection tools and analysis strategies Establish a single point of contact method for business to reach into the workforce system Examine ways to use technology more efficiently and effectively MURPHY AND STRUMPF MARCH 2018 4
Governance Role Provide oversight to WIOA programs and funds. Continuously evaluate programs and services for effectiveness. Conduct workforce and labor market research. Ensure appropriate use and management of funds to maximize performance and operational effectiveness. Certify one stops and affiliate sites. MURPHY AND STRUMPF MARCH 2018 5
About Lori Lori Strumpf has over thirty years in the field of organizational development and change management in human services and workforce development organizations. Lori has been in business as Strumpf Associates: Center for Strategic Change for the last 30 years. She is a nationally known expert in organizational management, training and design for education, training, and human resource development systems. Prior to starting her business, Lori was the Assistant Director for the National Association of Private Industry Councils. She is a founding member of the National Youth Employment Coalition. She has been a Senior Associate at Brandeis University, Center for Human Resources, Heller School for Public Policy. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C. to work on the Vice President s Task Force for Youth Employment, Lori was the Assistant Director to a project for court diverted delinquent youth. She also worked at Florida State Prison, counseling prisoners. Strumpf Associates is a small cadre of training and consulting experts, headquartered in Washington, DC. The Principals in Strumpf Associates have decades of experience helping public and not for profit organizations manage change, build systems, build leadership teams, build boards, and improve program quality and customer satisfaction. SA provides organizational change management consulting and executive coaching to schools, workforce organizations, and welfare organizations. Over the last several years, Lori has helped design and implement over 300 one-stop career development centers. Currently, she works on behalf of the business community in partnership with local elected officials in eight communities around the country to assist in developing a strategic approach to workforce development. Lori Strumpf has a Masters and Specialist Degree in Educational Counseling from the University of Florida. Contact: strumpfctr@aol.com Website: http://www.strumpfassociates.com/ MURPHY AND STRUMPF MARCH 2018 6
About Debbie Debbie Murphy has more than thirty years experience in leadership development as a business owner and through the various governance roles she has been elected to serve in a number of well respected industry and community non-profits. Most notably these organizations include Associated Builders and Contractors, the American Subcontractors Association, Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools Student Construction Trades Foundation and Rotary International. She is presently Chair of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Workforce Development Board. As a 1998 recipient of the Ernst and Young Maryland Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Business Turnarounds, Debbie is nationally recognized for her tactical use of succession planning in achieving business success. A big fan of thoughtful and deliberate recruitment of Board and Committee members to ensure leadership continuity, she strives to develop talent pipelines which encourage members to build upon their capabilities in delivering on strategic goals. MURPHY AND STRUMPF MARCH 2018 7