Just thought I would give you all an update on the pilot.  We sent out an 
annoucement last night "water dropping" the classes and inviting others to 
participate.  As of 10:00 this morning, most classes were filled and a 
waiting list was developing.  

Several  observations:
most people were signing up for 1-2 classes, so the decision to run these in 
half-day increments was a good choice on your part
the fact that there is already a waiting list after two hours shows the 
pent-up demand for this type of skill building program
the skills you have targeted were right on.  That is not to say there are not 
other ones that are needed, but clearly these first ones are needed

If you have a couple of folks you want to fit in and did not get time to get 
those to us, please give me a call or send me an e-mail and I will get them 
in.  Gracie and Janice are overwhelmed by Ernie calls that have been 
extremely heavy these past two days.  I think I can pull some strings for you 
all!

Again, just thought I would keep you posted and thought you might want to pat 
yourself on the back for some great work and great choices
	
	

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	From:  Susan Runkel                           01/18/2000 01:28 PM
	

To: Sheila Glover/HOU/ECT@ECT, Brent A Price/HOU/ECT@ECT, Leslie 
Reeves/HOU/ECT@ECT, Stephen P Schwarz/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Gary Buck/HOU/ECT@ECT, Norma Villarreal/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sally 
Beck/HOU/ECT@ECT, Gracie S Presas/HOU/ECT@ECT, Janice Riedel/HOU/ECT@ECT 
Subject: Leadership Development Progress


Thank you again for participating in the Leadership Development vendor
selection process in December.

Based on the decisions we made at the meeting, we are ready to conduct a
pilot February 8-10 of six modules from Wilson Learning Corporation.
The purpose of the pilot is to evaluate Wilson Learning materials and
facilitators and present a portion of the Leadership curriculum.  We will
also pilot the communications module for non-supervisory employees.

We ask that you invite 1-2 managers from your group to participate and
evaluate the modules.  Participants should plan to complete a minimum of two
modules.  In addition, you are invited to participate in as many as you
would like.  We are also opening this pilot to managers throughout ENA to 
ensure 
that the material adapts well  We are currently completing the curriculum 
design 
and plan to have information available in February.

As you may remember these are the decisions we reached at the meeting in
December:

* Use Southwest Performance Group (SWP)and Wilson Learning products as our
primary vendor and Achieve Global as a secondary.
* Create an Enron faculty of outside facilitators that meet our specified
requirements.
* Ensure that the skills in our curriculum are matched to different levels
of manager.
* Ensure that we incorporate data available from consultants currently
working with Energy
Operations
* Incorporate current Enron course offerings into ENA curriculum

Attached for your review are:

* Facilitator Profile
* Curriculum Table - mapping skills to courses

Descriptions of each module are also attached for your review



The following are half-day sessions.  Supervisors may sign up for any or all 
depending on their need.  It would be helpful if supervisors attend a minimum 
of two modules.  We need to have a minimum of 9 participants for the course 
to be effective.  As an added bonus, I will cover the cost of attending the 
pilot.  (As you may remember, cost for attending programs in 2000 will be 
charged back to the business unit)

Date   Module     Time    Target Audience

Feb. 8   Meeting Leadership Challenges   8-12 am    Supervisors with less 
than 6 months experience

   Working Styles     1-5 pm    Any supervisor 

Feb. 9   Coaching To Performance   8-12 am    Any supervisor

   Motivating For Results    1-5 pm    Any supervisor

Feb. 10   Communicating Effectively   8-12 am    Any employee

   Delegating and Directing   1-5 pm    Any supervisor



Other details:

* Sessions will be held in Room 560.
* Participants should plan to attend a minimum of two sessions.
* Please call Gracie Presas to register by February 1.  
* Descriptions of each module are provided in the attachment.


If you have further questions concerning this pilot, please contact me at 
3-7394.  Again, thank you for all your work in this importanct effort!