{"id":2484,"date":"2025-05-08T16:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:04:00","slug":"cdfa-congratulates-staff-for-completing-coaching-program-an-important-step-in-developing-leadership-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/cdfa-congratulates-staff-for-completing-coaching-program-an-important-step-in-developing-leadership-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"CDFA congratulates staff for completing coaching program \u2014 an important step in developing leadership skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CDFA<\/em>\u00a0coaching program graduates receiving their certificates last week in person and via Zoom, along with instructor Barzin Moradi (far left), Inspection Services Director Natalie Krout-Greenberg (third from left), Deputy Secretary Arima Kozina (fourth from left), and Inspections Services Assistant Director Carla Sanchez (fifth from right).<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ten CDFA staff members graduated last week from the agency\u2019s Coaching for Personal and Professional Effectiveness Program, a course that provides improved communication skills for work and life and prepares employees to take on leadership positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 24 percent of agency employees at retirement age, and another 12 percent within five years of retirement eligibility, CDFA is prioritizing succession planning programs like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course curriculum included group and individual learning, various personality and behavioral assessment tools, and customized one-on-one professional coaching sessions. Graduates commented the course provided practical skills for talking through difficult conversations, learning the power of saying less through thinking before responding, public speaking, and setting up the framework for leading staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to this year\u2019s graduates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deborah Ayala<\/strong>, Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Cano,<\/strong>\u00a0State Organic Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Cardoni,<\/strong>\u00a0Inspections Services Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carmen Carrasco<\/strong>, Farm Equity Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizzy Elliott,<\/strong>\u00a0Farm to School Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leslie Fernandez<\/strong>, State Organic Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Harmon<\/strong>, Fertilizer Research and Education Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Ko<\/strong>, Division of Marketing Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pamela Lee,<\/strong>\u00a0Farm to School Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samantha Moran-Defty<\/strong>, Feed, Fertilizer and Livestock Drugs Regulatory Services Branch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to view this original CDFA Planting Seeds blog. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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