Working with partner districts, such as Boston Public Schools and Springfield Public Schools, DMC helps to deliver a leadership development program called the Management Institute. This program provides senior managers and leaders with formal training and coaching, while participants work on goal-oriented projects in order to support key district priorities.
The Institute is meant to strengthen management skills and change how operational services are delivered in the district. Through formal training and coaching support, the Institute builds the capacity of participants to be more effective and efficient managers.
Read DMC's management advisory brief on this topic: Professional Development to Solve Real Performance Challenges: Boston Public Schools Management Institute
The Institute is based on the design of Douglas K. Smith, organizational performance and learning expert and author of "Make Success Measurable!" He and Charles Baum (DMC Senior Director) have used this approach across more than 50 industries over three decades, codifying the lessons in several books as well through leadership programs that span a wide variety of sectors. Their programs have achieved positive impacts in affordable housing, journalism, social and economic development, and a wide variety of business sectors. The success rate measured by results and new skills learned (and used) typically exceeds 80% and the value of the impacts compared to costs of the programs easily exceed 25:1.
