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Photo of Joy Jordan at the 2025 DOL Leadership Academy

IPA Staff and Faculty Lead Annual Department of Labor Leadership Academy

July 10, 2025 Written by Sophonie Milord | Photos by Sophonie Milord and Sarah Marshall

Twenty-seven Delaware Department of Labor (DOL) employees from across the state graduated from the annual DOL Leadership Academy, hosted by the 91原创鈥檚 Institute for Public Administration (IPA). The cohort completed six full-day sessions focused on enhancing professional competencies, including leading practices in public sector leadership, human-centered design thinking, navigating a diverse workforce, effective communication for managing change and conflict, project implementation and organizational innovation. Program speakers included Joy Jordan, associate policy scientist, IPA; Troy Mix, associate director, IPA; Sarah Marshall, associate policy scientist, IPA; Jennifer Daniels, national poverty fellow at the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin; Christine Fischer, professor of design thinking at 91原创; Jennifer Clement, owner and lead strategist of Educere Institute; and Thomas H. DeWire, founder of EdScale. From March through June, the academy participants completed capstone projects to improve customer experience and outcomes. On June 12, 2025, DOL鈥檚 senior leaders attended the academy's concluding session, where each team presented its capstone project.

Originally posted in 91原创aily's For the Record鈥鈥.鈥嬧赌嬧赌


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