Center for Workforce and Innovation

Workforce and Innovation

Growing our leadership is crucial for future success across all business realms. As the workforce diversifies with each generation and economic and societal impacts reshape how we do business, it is essential to not only thrive today but also prepare future leaders for generations to come. Enhancing workforce skills, developing sustainable industries, and creating a vibrant workforce are key to the overall success of our region. With a proven history of success in leadership training and a community of the most successful business leaders, we can directly inspire our young professionals with clear pathways to success. Our extensive network of educators and mentors is dedicated to sharing their time and talents for the betterment of the local workforce.  Investing in workforce development, we ensure a prosperous future for our community, fostering growth and innovation that benefits everyone. We are committed to building a strong, skilled, and vibrant workforce that drives our region's success for years to come.

Active Committees, Task Forces and Programs:

LEADERSHIP DAYTONA, LEADERSHIP DAYTONA ALUMNI COUNCIL, WORKFORCE & EDUCATION TASK FORCE

Objectives:

• Leadership Development: Cultivate future leaders across all business realms to ensure long-term success and adaptability in the changing economic and societal landscape.  
• Workforce Diversification: Embrace and support a diverse workforce, recognizing the collective efforts of educational, and career-based leaders. Target the Readers to Leaders programming to expand the knowledge of critical needs and create innovative pathways to address shortfalls that limit future success.
• Innovative Training Opportunities: Develop innovative training opportunities for small businesses by partnering with local members in specific fields. Enhance their business acumen and technical, financial, and marketing knowledge to help them grow and sustain their businesses.
• Advance Leadership Daytona Chair Challenges:  Continue to address and improve the economic needs, concerns, and vision of our community through Leadership Daytona Chair Challenges. 

Action Plan:

• Leadership Program:  Continue the success of the Leadership Daytona program—secure speakers and locations to provide a structured mentorship program with experienced business leaders.
• Readers to Leaders Program:  Continue programming to include targeted initiatives addressing workforce needs. Collaborate with educational institutions and career-based leaders to improve measurable skill development.
• Leadership Daytona Alumni: Increase membership, engagement, and interest in the Alumni. Develop programming beneficial to Alumni.
• Boost Business Series:  Develop and present topics relative to business success through workshops and roundtables.
• Lunch with Leaders:  Attract successful leaders to share insights with members with at least three scheduled functions.
• Workforce and Education Task Force:  Co-host with the Early Learning Coalition a literacy documentary screening, followed by a panel discussion to help raise awareness and engage the business community in the goal of increasing our Third-Grade reading scores in Volusia County.
• Soft Skills Summit:  Increase student participation in the Soft Skills Youth Summit by 25% (student attendee goal: 125) through continued partnership with Volusia County Schools.

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