Economic Development
With extensive experience at all levels of economic development, county, regional and state, we'd love to help you build and strengthen your organization into a winning team! Your needs are specific, and our services will be customized for you, but here are a few suggestions:
Interim Economic Developer Services: Even during staff transitions, the economic development game doesn't stop. PWS can step in during a transition to provide a variety of services.
Competitiveness Review: There can be tremendous benefit in having an objective review of all facets of your organization to provide feedback and develop a detailed improvement action plan.
- Serve temporarily as interim director to maintain your competitiveness
- Evaluate marketing material, industrial properties, internal processes, etc. to identify solutions for improvement
- Guide your leadership during the transition to find best candidates
Competitiveness Review: There can be tremendous benefit in having an objective review of all facets of your organization to provide feedback and develop a detailed improvement action plan.
- Review of current industrial sites, parks & buildings to determine competitiveness, readiness and develop an action plan for improvement.
- Review of website, marketing material, marketing outreach plans, presentations, etc. with feedback for improvement.
- Simulation drills with your recruitment team (Think not just your staff but also your partners/allies) to review of the presentation and interaction. Develop your team BEFORE you have a prospect visiting!
- Training and development of your entire recruitment team members as individuals but more importantly into a team.
- Review of your existing industry outreach and services with feedback designed to develop an action plan for improvement.
Strategic Product Development
- Assessment of existing sites and buildings with action planning for improvement including identification of funding sources.
- Identification of growth area and future site development with action planning including identification of funding sources.
Workforce Services: Workforce remains one of the greatest challenges for companies and EDOs. Having experience in both the public workforce system and the private sector, we know that productive synergy is possible with team building, knowledge and training.
- Training your EDO team in workforce programs
- Training your local workforce players on economic development strategies
- Developing an effective industrial recruitment team that includes your local workforce key players
- Team building and training
Organizational Development
- Assessment of staff roles and abilities for maximum effectiveness
- Talent development with cross training and succession planning
- Technology assessment and development for efficiency
Training and team building - Economic development is the ultimate team sport, and it goes far beyond your internal staff. Training and team building may be what's needed to take your orgainzation to the next level.
- Role definition
- Internal processes
- Information sharing
- Communications
- Team building
- Conflict resolution
