Leadership Development Program (LDP)

About the Program

Category: Personnel Management, Employment and Training (Best in Category)

Year: 2017

The Pasco County BOCC has developed a Leadership Development Program (LDP) to ensure the consistent training and development of their workforce and to create an in-house pool of potential leaders. Employees from any department under the BOCC can apply to participate in the LDP. Applicants are interviewed and then a typical group of about 20 employees are chosen to participate in the 9-month program. Selected employees participate in focused training sessions, mentoring relationships, and the completion of a chosen organization-wide “Stretch Project”. By the end of the 9-month program, the selected employees have gained crucial leadership skills (and the ability to practice those skills through the facilitation of their “Stretch Project”), a broader exposure and knowledge of the organization and the services we provide to the county, and the ability to network with other employees outside of their respective departments. Since 2012, Pasco County BOCC has put 90 employees through the LDP. The average promotion rate of these employees has been approximately 39% (compared to the overall County’s average of approximately 8%), the average turnover rate has been approximately 11% (compared to the overall County’s average of approximately 15%).