Growing Fairly - How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development

Tested, practical ideas to meet current and future skilling needs of both workers and employers
Growing Fairly offers workforce development reforms that meet the needs of both workers and employers. Based on the experiences of hundreds of leaders and workers, the authors set out ten principles for designing a more effective and equitable system that helps workers obtain the skills necessary for economic mobility.

List of contents

Contents:
Foreword: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Dr. Michael Lomax
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Start with People, Offer Meaningful Choices
3. Listen, Respond, Get Personal
4. Support Learners, Remove Barriers
5. Contextualize Learning
6. Bridge to Employment
7. Use Skills as Currency
8. Commit to Transparency
9. Make Places Work
10. Organize for Collaboration
11. The Houston Story: Putting It All Together
Notes
Index

About the author

Stephen Goldsmith is the Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where he directs Data-Smart City Solutions. He previously served as mayor of Indianapolis, deputy mayor of New York City and Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Kate Markin Coleman is a principal of IAS advising, LLC and former executive vice president, chief strategy and advancement officer of YMCA of the USA. She previously served as executive vice president of the YMCA of Metro Chicago and held leadership positions in fintech and financial services.

Summary

Offers workforce development reforms that meet the needs of both workers and employers. Based on the experiences of hundreds of leaders and workers, the authors set out ten principles for designing a more effective and equitable system that helps workers obtain the skills necessary for economic mobility.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Markin Coleman, Stephen Goldsmith, Stephen/ Coleman Goldsmith, Kate Markin Coleman
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780815739487
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-3948-7
• No. of pages: 263
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century"; Brookings / Ash Center Series,
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Labour / income economics, Industrial Relations, Labour Economics, United States of America, USA, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety