Iowa's Public Employees Leadership Academy
Researcher(s)
Principal investigator: Duane Smith, 515-294-6704, desmith@iastate.edu (project list)
Co-principal investigators:
- Shashi Nambisan, 515-294-5209, shashi@iastate.edu (project list)
Project status
In progress
Start date: 02/20/09
End date: 02/28/11
Sponsor(s)/partner(s)
Sponsor(s):Iowa Department of Transportation
About the research
Research objective: Public agencies in the State of Iowa are continually challeneged with reduced staff levels, reduced budgets, and increased expectations for services provided. Responding to these demands requires a well-informed and coordinated team that includes professionals, supervisors, technicians, lead worksers, and workers. Becoming a coordinated team requires the training and interaction that produces a common foundation to build upon.
Iowa LTAP, in conjunction with Iowa's public agency representatives, will provide that foundation by developing the Iowa Public Employees Leadership Academy. The Academy is a training program designed to create better (or new) leaders and supervisors for Iowa's public agencies. It will provide a curriculum to train the next generation of leaders who will replace existing leaders when retirements occur. It will also provide cross training that will allow management the full use of the new leaders' resources.