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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - PURCHASE ORDER - 9111820 (2)Proposal Prepared for City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Poudre School District Emerging Leadership Program The Leadership Challenge 3 Day Workshop Submitted by Cheryl Foss Strategic Innovation Associates, LLC 17931 West 77"' Drive Arvada, CO 80007 303-604-9582 cheryldfoss@msn.com March 14, 2011 Innovation Results Project Overview City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Poudre School District are working in collaboration to sponsor an Emerging Leadership Development Program for succession planning purposes. As a result, they have requested a proposal for The Leadership Challenge 3 day session focusing on developing tools and techniques to enhance leadership skills in the 5 Exemplary Practice areas as outlined by Kouzes and Posner. Specifically, the Workshop will be utilizing the Participant Workbook and Manual to achieve competency in the 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership, Proposed Approach Strategic Innovation Associates, LLC uses a whole system and comprehensive approach to Leadership Development. The whole system approach ensures alignment with the rest of the program, the strategies of each organization and is highly participative focusing on real work of the participants as it works in internalizing the content from the Leadership Challenge Methodology. This approach will consist of the following steps 1. Conversation with the key stakeholders/sponsors to understand key issues in each organization and ensure alignment to overall Leadership Development Program. 2. Administration of the individual LPI and/or 360 LPI depending on desire of the stakeholders/sponsors. 3. Prepare for and facilitate the 3 days. 4. Debrief with stakeholders/sponsors. City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Poudre School District Project Team Cheryl Foss specializes in Leadership Development, Strategy Development and Change Management. She has over 15 years of successful experience with corporations, academic institutions, government agencies, small businesses, and non- profits. Cheryl draws from her experience as a leader and manager as well as her years of coaching and consulting experience, offering her clients a powerful balance of operational expertise and consulting expertise. She is proficient in researching, designing, and executing interventions and programs that allow individuals and organizations to drastically increase their impact and achieve results. Cheryl helps organizations and individuals develop their capacity to achieve their goals. She also helps design structures and processes, integrate new businesses, learn how to accelerate the rate at which they identify, raise and resolve issues, develop leadership and management skills and align key stakeholders in systems. In addition, she has worked with many clients on applying in-depth expertise on contemporary leadership and developmental principles, concepts and practices and applies these elements to their specific roles. Cheryl holds a Masters Degree in Occupational, Clinical Social Work and a Bachelors Degree in Business Management Development. She is also the program director and lead faculty for the National Sheriffs Institute, a leadership development program for newly elected sheriffs from across the US. In addition, she is part of leading the University of Texas leadership development program for staff and faculty. She has worked with JDSU, Microsoft, Avago Technologies, Time Warner Telecomm and other organizations specifically helping develop their leaders. Other Government clients include Boulder Valley Schools, Jefferson County Schools, Corvallis School District, Jefferson County Public Library, Department of Defense, United States Coast Guard, US Supreme Court, City of Baton Rouge and Maryland County. She is conversant with the Leadership Profile Inventory, Power Base Instrument, DiSC, Leading Change Inventory, MBTI, various 360 assessments, LIFO and other instruaments used to assess and develop leaders. City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Poudre School District Proposed Time Estimates and Costs Strategic Innovation Associates, LLC will offer a discounted rate of $1200.00 per day or $150.00 per hour. Below are the following fees estimates: Administration of the On -Line LPIs and Report Generation (if applicable) (Estimated 4 hours at $150.00 per hour) $ 600.00 Preparation for 3 day Session (Estimated 4 hours at $150.00 per hour) $ 600.00 Facilitation of 3 days (3 days at $1,200.00 per day) $3,600.00 Maximum (Not to Exceed) $4,800.00 Strategic Innovation Associates, LLC will only bill for the actual time spent not to exceed the total of the proposed amount. All Fees (as stated above) will be billed upon completion of the Workshop and will be divided by the three Organizations participating in the program: Doreen Kemp, B.S., M.Ed City of Fort Collins Learning & Organizational Development Manager 215 North Mason, 2"d Floor P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 970-416-2430 Patsi Maroney Training & OD Specialist Larimer County HR Department P.O. Box 1190 Fort Collins, CO 80522 maroae_0_ .co larimer.co.us 970-498-5977 Jody Bublitz Classified Staff Development Coordinator Poudre School District 2413 Laporte Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80521 970-490-3626 City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Poudre School District 4 Other Expenses LPI assessment and materials will be billed at actual cost using the Partner discount of 43%. Below is the exact cost of the materials: • 15 Leadership Challenge Hardback textbooks at $17.07 per book for a total of $256.05 • 24 - 360 Degree On-line Assessments at $74.10 per assessment for a total of $1778.40 Total Materials Cost is $2,034.45 plus any applicable tax, shipping and handling The Leadership Challenge Workshop, Participant's Workbook, 3rd Edition Revised, Values Cards and Remaining Textbooks will be provided by City of Fort Collins. All Materials Costs will be billed upon ordering of materials to: Doreen Kemp, B.S., M.Ed City of Fort Collins Learning & Organizational Development Manager 215 North Mason, tad Floor P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 dkemp(alfcaov.com 970-416-2430 In addition, meeting room space, AV equipment, and copies of other materials as needed, will be provided by City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Poudre School District as requested. Terms Net 30 City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Poudre School District Contact Information Strategic Innovation Associates, LLC Cheryl D. Foss 17931 West 77'" Drive Arvada, CO 80007 303-604-9582 chervldfoss(a)msn.com Acceptance Please sign below for acceptance of this proposal. Cheryl Foss, Strategic Innovation Associates, LLC City of Ft. Collins Aa a.&7�?r Print nadt Signature Title Larimer County Print name Signature Title Poudre School District name Signature Title �b� � rlJ 2Grl �b C* /lily-�QfeA, City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and Poudre School District