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the organization with high-impact training to aid in their professional development and in the longterm interest of the agency. Renata Fonville, training manager with Virginia ABC, says that the idea for LAMP materialized when the organization realized that 40 percent of its employees from the baby boomer generation would be eligible to retire in the next decade. "We recognized that there would be a great deal of valuable institutional knowledge that would be lost with that group," she explains. "We wanted to develop a way to retain that knowledge for our Virginia ABC is committed to providing emerging leaders with high-impact training through its Leadership organization and prepare other people within the And Management Program (LAMP). Developing potential agency for taking on those kind of roles." leaders is an investment in ABC's future and mutually LAMP participants must receive the approval benefits the agency and those who participate. of their supervisors in order to apply to the program. Pictured here, LAMP participants John Carvalho (second from left) and James Brown (far right) and LAMP They interview and if accepted, they commit to a instructor Renata Fonville (far left) listen as another rigorous year-long series of workshops and assigninstructor Crystal Barrett offers her perspective on a ments focusing on the development of leadership, leadership issue. management and operating environment skills. The LAMP group meets approximately two days per month, "In a control state, we're and a large portion of time is spent working on team proresponsible for generating jects that are connected to the revenue, but our focus isn't just Virginia ABC's strategic plan. on the bottom line. We are This allows the employees to primarily focused on serving our learn more about the inner workings of the organization customers, and our customers as a whole, while also conare all of our constituents." tributing to the agency's — J. NEAL INSLEY, growth and development as NABCA Chairman part of their training program. and Chairman of the Virginia Kathleen Shaw, public Department of Alcoholic relations specialist with Beverage Control Virginia ABC, is participating this year in LAMP's second cohort. She reports the overall experience is tify and treat at-risk individuals. Other Virginia ABC initiatives include the College extremely positive. "It's definitely a morale-booster for employees, and Tour, which visited three state universities in 2012 and encouraged students to take responsibility for spreading it increases employee engagement by helping us grow responsible drinking practices on their own campuses. professionally within the organization," she states. The leadership program has also resulted in some Virginia ABC also partnered with the Virginia College immediate changes and improvements within Virginia Alcohol Leadership Council (VACALC) in an effort to rally even more college students and get them involved ABC. "We pay close attention to the ideas and recomwith alcohol awareness initiatives. mendations brought forth by our LAMP participants, and many of them have already been implemented," Leadership and Management Program irginia ABC's focus on continuous improvement Insley reports. Ultimately, Insley's goals for the Virginia ABC and is also reflected internally with the agency's own staff members. A year ago, ABC rolled out the for the NABCA are closely aligned: never stop looking Leadership And Management Program (LAMP), which for opportunities to improve, and don't lose sight of SW was specifically designed to provide emerging leaders in your primary responsibilities when doing so. [] V 22 StateWays I www.stateways.com I May/June 2013