Workforce Development & Labor Management Initiatives

Established in 1987, The Center for Workforce Development & Labor Management is a grant-funded partnership between Wright State University and the Ohio Department of Development. Designed as a state-wide catalyst for positive change, the Center supports and promotes the development of powerful and harmonious working partnerships between professionals, leaders and union members. Additionally, the Center offers employers an innovative approach to performance, job security, leadership, partnerships and human potential by:

• Guiding participants in discovery of the current relations, supporting their purpose and developing vision for the future
• Developing strategies for success through assessment, training, facilitation, education and intervention and
• Coaching and facilitating employees in using newly acquired tools and strategies to ensure support for change initiatives, improvement and global competition.

The Center is skilled at meeting the distinct challenges between labor and management. We are:

• Specialists in labor-management cooperation with over 20 years of practical experience, expertise, and professional competence.
• Neutral third parties, trusted to balance the needs and develop commonality of goals from both employer and employee.
• Community-based providers, strategically designed to respond quickly, provide long-term, convenient support; to build and deliver results-based services that expand workplace, in-plant partnerships.
• Service-focus versus profit-focus permits low-cost, high-value support for all organizations of need, from the smallest start-ups to larger, well established companies.

Specific services include:

For more information, please contact:
Sandra Kennedy
Director - The Center for Workforce Development and Labor Management Initiatives
131 Allyn Hall
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, Ohio - 45435
Phone: (937) 775-4706