Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with Thinkwell, LLC. for Leadership Development Program Services.
The Department of Public Utilities, aka Columbus Water & Power (CWP) is committed to establishing an organization wide leadership development program. This program will provide support and tools to CWP managers and additional leaders to effectively lead CWP into the future.
This program will aim to develop and refine a leadership development program by creating a sustainable roadmap and ensuring the work environment supports employees in applying their newly developed skills in real time. The program will create a culture of continuous learning, foster a growth mindset, encourage innovation, resilience, and adaptability in tackling challenges. The program will have a phased approach and will align with CWP’s strategic goals and address the organizational needs. Included in the program will be a combination of needs assessments, interviews, competency alignments, training modules, continuous evaluation, and plan development. The project deliverables include but are not limited to different leadership development programs for the varying levels of leadership within CWP, both a short- and long-term communication plan, transition plans, and templates for leaders to use.
Procurement:
The Department of Public Utilities solicited competitive proposals through Vendor Services and Bonfire from December 20th, 2024 to February 21st, 2025 for the leadership development program services in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code, RFQ029441. Twenty-Seven (27) bids were received, fourteen were deemed non-responsive, and thirteen were deemed responsive. The proposals were evaluated on July 30, 2025. The proposals that were deemed responsive were received from Abundance Leadership, Accenture, Acloche, Angels Time, Be Unapologetically, BOSS, Drew Alexander Co...
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