National Employee Development Center News

The 30 participants selected for the National Leadership Development Program met with their coaches for the first NLDP Orientation session in Raleigh, North Carolina in April, 2009. View a video of the NLDP Orientation session here. The participants, who represent a wide variety of disciplines within NRCS, focused during the session on NRCS values and culture, the future of the agency and changing demands, and NRCS leadership needs. The Executive Sponsor for the National Leadership Development Program is currently vacant. The 30 NLDP participants will meet again soon as they work with their coaches and mentors on leadership development projects and self-study assignments. The program is intense but the payoff is tremendous...both for the participants and NRCS...as the agency moves into a challenging future....More Info

Additions to NEDC Instructor Cadres The National Employee Development Center has made several additions to the Instructor Cadres that support training delivery. Recent additions include: Supervising for Excellence: Kevin McCall, District Conservationist, Clarinda, Iowa John Whitney, Soil Conservationist, East Aurora, New York Karen Woodrich, Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations, Fort Dodge, Iowa Managing for Excellence: Ila Bernard, State Administrative Officer, Lakewood, Colorado Jacquelyn Drake-Trent, District Conservationist, Vanceburg, Kentucky Kasey Taylor, Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations, St. Peter Minnesota Tim Wilson, Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

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