009-25_Leadership_and_Management_Training_SRC0000017221.pdf

009-25 Leadership and Management Training

Solicitation ID: SRC 0000017221

The Ronald Group, LLC.

Dr. Patrice McClellan

President and Lead Strategist

3950 Sunforest Court, Suite 200

Toledo, OH 43623

(419) 787-5385 (cell)

(419) 509-9879 (office) drp@theronaldgroup.com

Letter of Transmittal

March 30, 2024

State of Ohio, Department of Transportation Office of Contract Sales, Purchasing Services Ohio Buys

Dear Office of Contract Sales and Purchasing Services

The Ronald Group, LLC is submitting the enclosed proposal and descriptive course literature in response to the invitation for bid to establish a contractual obligation to provide professional development and leadership training to Ohio Department of

Transportation’s employees. The Ronald Group, LLC understands that by submitting the enclosed proposal, the terms and conditions contained in the proposal become part of this document and will be bound by the terms of the enclosed proposal, subject to its terms and conditions, if selected as the successful applicant.

By submitting this proposal, The Ronald Group, LLC hereby agrees, if selected as a professional development provider, to meet and exceed the minimum requirements as outlined in Solicitation ID SRC 0000017221. The Ronald Group, LLC is fully committed to rendering services with professional precision, time proficiency, and fiscal responsibility. If selected, The Ronald Group, LLC will leverage the expertise of its

President & Founder Dr. Patrice McClellan to provide the State of Ohio, Department of

Transportation with sustainable and actionable recommendations to promote organizational transformation through our B.L.O.C.K.S.® leadership development program, team building, and leadership communication courses.

Submitted by, Dr. Patrice McClellan President, Founder & Lead Strategist The Ronald Group, LLC 3950 Sunforest Ct, Suite 200 Toledo, Ohio 43623

A. The Ronald Group Company Profile

Introduction - The Ronald Group is a full-service leadership development agency.

With a passion for activating leaders and transforming cultures, we’ve successfully served clients across diverse organizations helping them build leadership capacity and create successful cross functional work teams. At The

Ronald Group, we activate leaders to transform culture and build capacity by strategizing innovative solutions to complex problems and leveraging leader expertise.

The Ronald Group Mission - Our mission is to build intentional leaders that build capacity, strategize innovative solutions, create cultures of belonging and improve organizational performance.

The Ronald Group Vision - Our vision is to become a globally recognized leader in transforming organizational culture renowned for our innovative problem solving and unwavering commitment to activating intentional leaders who create cultures of belonging.

The Ronald Group Foundation & History - The Ronald Group, LLC was born out of many years of studying, researching, and conducting equity audits, change management diagnostics, and leadership development training. Prior to founding

The Ronald Group, LLC, Dr. Patrice McClellan (Dr. P the Leadership Coach®) was a tenured university professor with a national reputation for her leadership and equity expertise. She has published over 20 peer reviewed research articles, presented her research nationally, and has a textbook on leadership to her credit.

In addition, she is responsible for activating over 200 leaders. During her tenure as a professor and higher education leader, Dr. McClellan recognized gaps in an organization's contextual understanding of community building and the lack of preparation of leaders to address such issues. The solution to handling organizational imbalance and dysfunction was the founding of The Ronald

Group, LLC. Our leadership development frameworks focus on individual and organizational transformation by unpacking the pain points of employee data, developing work teams to improve organizational performance, and integrating cultural competence and evidenced based practices into policy as a sustainable strategic initiative.

The Ronald Group, LLC leverages nearly 20 years of experience. To date, we have 20+ corporate partners, and can boast about a 53% increase in collaboration due to our intentional leadership development programs and courses. Dr. Patrice McClellan (Dr. P the Leadership Coach®) is a nationally recognized leadership expert. Her work with organizations, school districts, and child protection agencies focuses on success outcomes using leadership development frameworks to garner sustainability as well as foster cultures of community and belonging within those organizations.

The website for The Ronald Group is www.theronaldgroup.com. The Ronald

Group, LLC is certified with the state of Ohio as minority and women owned business enterprise committed to the vitality of the State of Ohio.

The Ronald Group Services and Approach – Our approach to leadership development and organizational transformation includes discovery, design, strategize, and activate. We pride ourselves on providing customized leadership experience considering context and culture. Feedback loops are built into every leadership program with the goal of sustaining momentum by also providing additional resources to continue learning and leadership activation.

Organizational Transformation Services - Providing a plan of action that outlines how organization(s) will progress toward goals of building successful work teams, allocating resources to effectively develop leaders to maintain momentum regarding addressing leadership gaps, communication and implementation of multi-faceted programs change initiatives.

• Change Interventions

• Strategic Communication & Implementation

• Team Building

Leadership Development Services - Through our Contextualized

Conversations®️ framework and customized coaching programs, leaders are activated to understand the context of their practice while activating the purpose of their leadership. Our leadership strategies focus on communication, change management, and providing innovative solutions to address team dysfunction, leadership gaps, and disproportionate outcomes.

• B.L.O.C.K.S® Program http://www.theronaldgroup.com/ o (Building Leaders Outside of the box Cultivating

Knowledge Strategically)

• Leadership Praxis & Activation

• Customized Coaching Programs

B. Descriptive Course Literature

Course #1: Leadership Development LC3®

Description: This course focuses on personal leadership development activation;

offering participants the opportunity to define leadership values, develop a leadership philosophy and identify blind spots of leadership practice. This course introduces the definition of leadership and the LC3® model of development.

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to set the tone for leadership expectations and learn to cultivate relationships with those they aspire to influence.

Goal: The goal of this course is to introduce participants to an introductory understanding of leadership while aiding in the development of leadership routine and leadership philosophy grounded in authenticity and communicative clarity

Outcomes: Participants will be able to:

• Recognize contextual factors in responding to issues or situations and addressing contemporary departmental problems.

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate leadership values, goals, and expectations to department and/or team effectively.

• Recognize capacity for future leadership opportunities of self and/or team.

Materials: This course is interactive. A workbook will be customized to the audience and job role(s) of participants. A mobile device, iPad, or laptop is recommended for usage in the course as there will be modules/exercises to research, examine, and understand leadership in context.

Schedule & Outline: ½ day = 4 hours

Topics & Content Method of Leadership Activation

Introductions & Ice Breaker Participants introduce themselves with an ice breaker. Ice breaker usually consists of usage of Kahoot mobile/QR code questionnaire or brief game that builds familiarity with participants for the day

Rules, Roles & Expectations Exercise to come to consensus for rules of participant interactions for the day.

Leadership Defined Examine various definitions and expressions of leadership. Exercise that includes examination of leadership icons and examples via research and discussion

LC3® Model Introduction to concepts of model – leadership defined, context of leadership practice, collective leadership experience(s), and communication

Communicate with Clarity Identifying triggers and assumptions that interfere with communication and relationship building, handling emotions as leaders, and modeling behavior

Leadership Roadmap to Success Examination and development of leadership routine(s) that shift perspective, connecting leadership values to organizational goals, and identifying a leadership accountability partner

Course #2: Contextualized Conversations® Team Building

Description: This course focuses on activating leaders to develop teams to improve performance and set the foundation for transformation. Introduction to the

Contextualized Conversations® framework to address gaps in leadership skills, leadership capacity, and leadership impact will be addressed.

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to aid leaders in understanding context of leadership and develop a memorandum of understanding within work teams

Goal: The goal of this course is to provide leaders with the tools to address team dynamics and foster collaboration when the stakes are high.

Outcomes: Participants will be able to:

• Connect skills and knowledge from multiple sources and experiences in responding to issues or situations and addressing team cohesion.

• Demonstrate the ability to apply leadership knowledge to team dynamics in an integrated manner.

• Cultivate change within team to focus on department/organizational goals with execution.

Materials: This course is interactive. A workbook will be customized to the audience and job role(s) of participants. A mobile device, iPad, or laptop is recommended for usage in the course as there will be modules/exercises to research, examine, and understand leadership in context.

Schedule & Outline: ½ day = 4 hours

Topics & Content Method of Leadership Activation

Introductions & Ice Breaker Participants introduce themselves with an ice breaker. Ice breaker usually consists of usage of Kahoot mobile/QR code questionnaire or brief game that builds familiarity with participants for the day

Rules, Roles & Expectations Exercise to come to consensus for rules of participant interactions for the day.

Leadership Defined Examine various definitions and expressions of leadership. Exercise that includes examination of leadership icons and examples via research and discussion

Contextualized Conversations® Model Introduction to concepts of model – context of leadership, present day circumstances of team dynamics/cohesion, team SWOT, and enacting change and shifting culture

Leadership Assumptions & Guiding Questions

Introduce de-escalation talking points of conflict for teams, choices of action when dysfunction occurs, and provide tools to develop meaning to collective interaction within team

Building Mutual Purpose & Shared Understanding

Providing tools to develop shared understanding of expectations, goals, and roles of each team member using leadership assessment

Training Program #1: B.L.O.C.K.S.® Activation & Transformation

Description: This training program integrates the B.L.O.C.K.S.® framework and discusses its application in organizational and team settings. The program provides an opportunity for emerging leaders to be introduced to issues and context concerning leadership development, goal setting, change and strategy implementation for organizational impact and success.

Purpose: The purpose of the B.L.O.C.K.S.® Activation & Transformation program is to cultivate hope, build capacity, unleash collective appreciation, and bring about positive change within the organization.

Goal: The goal of the B.L.O.C.K.S.® Activation & Transformation program is to activate emerging leaders and equip them with tools to bring about positive change in their organization/department via commitment, modeling, and accountability.

Outcomes: Participants will be able to:

• Effectively communicate leadership vision and expectation(s) to staff with precision and clarity

• Foster collaboration and build partnerships across the organization.

• Cultivate a culture of accountability, teamwork, and affirmative feedback within the organization or department.

Schedule: 6 months – virtual group coaching & in-person training

Timeline Topic & Content Method of Leadership Activation

Month 1 B.L.O.C.K.S. Framework

Building Leaders Outside of the box Cultivating Knowledge Strategically

Develop a keen understanding, awareness, and impetus of accountability of how their leadership practice(s) drive initiatives that promote an environment of collaboration, belonging, and organizational success.

In-person training & Decision Style Profile Assessment

Month 2 Goal Setting & Feedback Practice key skills that aid in setting short- and long-term goals: active listening, clarifying language and validation strategies

Provide tools to give timely feedback for increased performance and success.

Interactive In-person training & Group coaching

Month 3 Development of Leadership Philosophy

Interrogate, question, and/or analyze views on leadership and assumptions of followers.

Define leadership values and connect to leadership behaviors and cultivate cultures of collaboration and belonging.

In person training

Month 4 Leadership Decision Making

Explore hurdles to productivity, identify source(s) of frustration, assess impact of office culture and demographics.

Provide techniques to develop leadership routine and models of consistent leadership behavior.

In-person training & Group coaching

Month 5 Team Building & Collaboration

Examine and investigate new ways of leading and communicating with staff that promote engagement, accountability, belonging, and teamwork. Dissect current ways of leading that may not be beneficial or optimizing staffs’ full potential.

In-person training

Month 6 Leadership Action & Strategy Implementation

Integration of leadership philosophy with contextual understanding of leadership to acknowledge and unpack the Pain Points of Leadership to shift organizational culture.

Commitment to this way of leading - “collaboration is key, data is our friend, and community building is the leaders’ responsibility.”

In-person training & Group coaching

C. Proof of Credentials

Corporate Training Experience in Last Twelve Months: Local companies that have benefited and continue to benefit from The Ronald Group, LLC leadership frameworks and can report success outcomes are (but not limited to) Lutheran

Social Services, NOHRA, SSOE, Toledo Public Schools, Sylvania Schools, CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates of Lucas County, Lucas County

Children Services. National companies include The American Bar Association, Chicago, IL/New Orleans, LA

CV/Resume: A detailed copy of CV/resume can be accessed through the link provided details of Dr. Patrice McClellan’s credentials and expertise.

https://www.theronaldgroup.com/contact-us/ https://www.theronaldgroup.com/contact-us/