California
TL Phillip Consulting Services is pleased to join several of the nation’s premier consultants and trainers in again being selected by the California Workforce Association (CWA) for its California Training Initiative (CTI). Our firm is offering both consulting and training in such areas as board governance/development, resource development, strategic plan management, and communications/brand management. We look forward to supporting CWA’s Workforce Development Board and Nonprofit members.
“I had the pleasure of working and co-presenting with Tom prior to and at the inaugural Boot Camp this past September in Washington DC. I appreciated Tom’s knowledge of the field and his attention to the detailed work in blending CWA’s already successful year-round management training program with the learning modules he developed to produce an impressive Boot Camp design. The participants shared positive feedback from their Boot Camp experience and I valued Tom’s expertise and commitment in supporting CWA’s role and producing a quality product.”
Bob Lanter, Executive Director, California Workforce Association
California Coastal Region Workforce Development Boards
TL Phillips Consulting Services excited to be selected for the Monterey County California’s Consultant Pool to provide board governance and development support for the four Coastal Region Workforce Development Boards located in the counties of Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Cruz.
Goodwill of Southern California
Goodwill of Southern California is building a comprehensive and focused professional training program for its workforce development Directors and Senior Managers, as the organization expands its emerging macro-leader role in the larger regional workforce development system. TL Phillips Consulting Services was engaged to provide preliminary support in building this framework by conducting a workshop: “Enhancing/Building Leadership and Managing Teams” that provided a foundation to equip their senior management team with additional core competencies/skills to be more effective managers, leaders, intermediaries, and conveners.
Pacific Gateway
Pacific Gateway is interested in increasing employment opportunities for lower-skilled/educated people residing in low-income census tracks while meeting employer talent needs in a period of low unemployment. This will be accomplished by undertaking a comprehensive needs and resources assessment for job seekers, employers, and key service provider stakeholders to improve efficiency resulting in improved customer outcomes and community results. TL Phillips has been engaged to provide technical assistance to further build their partnership network through key service providers’ outreach efforts to clarify the services offered and organizational capacity. This along with other existing partnership services will be compared against the job-readiness/skills training and wrap-around services needs to determine “gaps/cliffs” and recommendations to address them for four targeted job seeker groups.
Connecticut
UCONN Public Sector Executive Leadership Collaborative
TL Phillips Consulting was engaged by the UCONN School of Public Policy (in partnership with 13 public and nonprofit associations) to conduct a workshop entitled: “Leveraging Municipal and Nonprofit Assets to Achieve Improved Community Outcomes: Governance and Impact Strategies.” The interactive workshop provided six learning modules including leadership skills development, the importance of innovation, the role of the intermediary, core values, resource development, and board governance. The workshop built new and enhance existing skillsets for senior managers.
“Tom Phillips is a terrific presenter and a wealth of knowledge. I recently attended his one-day workshop “Leveraging Municipal and Nonprofit Assets to Achieve Improved Community Outcomes” through UCONN’s Public Sector and was impressed. He not only successfully conveyed the material to the attendees, but he also provided many specific tools and techniques to help government and nonprofit professionals improve their own organization’s results. As a leader in local government and nonprofit administration and public policy, Tom understands how nonprofits and municipalities can improve strategically and provides the tactics on how to achieve their goals. He understands how it all fits together and explains the information clearly in a dynamic fashion.”
Michael Bzdyra, Government Affairs Consultant, Murtha Cullina & Former CT DMV Commissioner
“Children in Placement recently engaged Tom’s firm to assist in board governance/development and strategic planning work. I have known Tom for over 18 years and recognize the value of his 30 plus years of leadership knowledge and experience in the public and nonprofit sectors, which will prove invaluable to successfully build our capacity and brand for the long term”
Janet Freimuth, Executive Director, Children in Placement
Middletown Works
Middletown Works received a three-year competitive grant from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Working Cities Challenge program with the goal is to reduce the current 43% of single-parent families below the federal poverty level to 20% over the next ten years through a series of actionable strategies. TL Phillips Consulting Services is providing technical assistance to help build a pipeline of qualified talent from this group that secures career pathway opportunities while addressing the job recruitment needs of the business. A series of employer recruitment pilot projects will address job readiness, skills training, and wrap-around support services through a collective impact model. Researched and prepared a comprehensive resource development inventory that included four categories and nineteen opportunities to support the initiative’s long-term sustainability.
UCONN Public Sector Executive Leadership Collaborative
TL Phillips Consulting was engaged by the UCONN School of Public Policy (in partnership with 13 public and nonprofit associations) to conduct a workshop entitled: “Leveraging Municipal and Nonprofit Assets to Achieve Improved Community Outcomes: Governance and Impact Strategies.” The interactive workshop provided six learning modules including leadership skills development, the importance of innovation, the role of the intermediary, core values, resource development, and board governance. The workshop built new and enhance existing skillsets for senior managers.
Town of Glastonbury
The Town of Glastonbury is one of four Connecticut cities/towns to receive a Network of Age-Friendly Communities designation from the AARP. The Network provides a framework to help educate, encourage, promote, recognize, and implement improvements that make communities livable for all ages. TL Phillips Consulting Services has been engaged by the town to undertake community outreach and assessment effort to promote the initiative and gain feedback on the opportunities related to AARP’s Eight Domains of Livability priorities, resulting in identified improvement recommendations to be incorporated into a required Three-Year Action Plan for submission to and certification by AARP, before implementation commences.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Workforce Association
“The Massachusetts Workforce Association hired Tom to present two workshops to our members on resource development and board governance. Tom was well-versed in the topics and planned and executed two great workshops. The workshops were well received by our members and we hope to see many of the tools that Tom taught be implemented here in Massachusetts.”
Tonja Mettlach, Executive Director, Massachusetts Workforce Association
Washington DC
“The Workforce Investment Council found Tom’s many years of leadership, experience, and knowledge of the workforce development system and municipal government invaluable in our RFP process to secure an Operator for our DC American Job Centers. He impressed us with his flexibility in adapting to our changing needs and tight timelines throughout the process. We look forward to working with Tom’s firm again and have engaged him to assist us in developing a Board Governance and Development Plan.”
Diane Pabich, Former Deputy Director, DC Works: Workforce Investment Council
“As someone who has known and worked with Tom for 14 years, I know how substantial his economic and workforce development expertise is. His approach, which focuses on real-world application, provided participants from our Boot Camp program with practical knowledge that they were able to apply immediately to add value to their organization. Any professional in our field can benefit greatly from Tom’s guidance and programs.”
Kathy Amoroso, Assistant Executive Director, US Conference of Mayors
Washington State
Spokane Workforce Council
“Tom brought his leadership, experience, and insights gained from working with local workforce boards across the country to help our Council in launching its 2020 WIOA strategic planning efforts at our annual retreat. Several key elements contributed to our success. Tom was able to develop and deploy an online survey tool for the board members to identify local workforce system priorities in advance of the event and then facilitate a deep dive into each issue by engaging the board in meaningful dialogue. He also helped frame our discussion with examples and best practices from the field as well as elements from current national policy discussions. The results of our work with Tom are a solid foundation upon which we will continue to develop an ambitious strategic plan and develop our local workforce system to better respond to our changing economy.”
Mark Mattke, Chief Executive Officer, Spokane Workforce Council
Idaho
Idaho Workforce Development Council
TL Phillips Consulting was engaged to provide an independent and extensive assessment of 14 written proposals from two prospective vendors submitted in response to an RFP regarding the selection of a contractor or contractors to manage part or all of Idaho’s WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs statewide and for six regional Service Delivery Areas (SDA’s). This included the development of an objective and detailed universal Proposal Evaluation form template after also researching additional sources such as the WIOA State Plan for 2020-2024, General Mandatory Response (statewide), and SDA Mandatory Response questions, USDOL ETA TEGL for the WIOA Adult and Dislocated programs, etc. Other Observations and Considerations questions were developed that offered recommendations to further strengthen the programs, as well as system-wide. Finally, additional research was conducted and suggestions made regarding budget costs comparisons.