Workforce Leadership Academies
Here, we offer four strategies workforce professionals can use to cobble together shoes so that they can walk the talk.
About the Workforce Leadership Academies
Workforce Leadership Academies bring together leaders across the many siloed fields of practice, organization types, and government policies that make up the field.
The Academies strengthen Fellows’ capacity to develop and sustain effective workforce strategies, collaborate more deeply with employers, and expand the number and quality of leaders who advance opportunities for low-wage workers and job seekers as they meet employers’ talent development needs.
The Academies are part of the Economic Opportunity Fellows Network, a network of leadership and fellowship programs run by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program. Within this Network, EOP connects national and local leaders from across sectors — nonprofit, government, business, philanthropy, academia, and more — to advance policies and practices with the potential to help low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in today’s economy.
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Shoes To Walk the Talk: Four Steps for Workforce Systems to Advance Our Own Workforce
Five Questions with a Workforce Leader: Holly Kurtz, Center for the Future of Arizona
Workforce Leadership Profile: Advancing Equity Through Workforce Development with Clair Minson
Workforce Leadership Profile: Strengthening Communities Through Workforce Development with Stephen Tucker
The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes: Why Workforce Professionals Need Their Own Good Jobs Strategy
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About the Workforce Leadership Academies
The Aspen Institute’s Workforce Leadership Academies, part of the Economic Opportunities Program, bring together leaders across the many siloed fields of practice, organization types, and government policies that make up the field. The Academies strengthen Fellows’ capacity to develop and sustain effective workforce strategies, collaborate more deeply with employers, and expand the number and quality of leaders who advance opportunities for low-wage workers and job seekers as they meet employers’ talent development needs.
About the Economic Opportunities Program
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.
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