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Roundtable for Learning Leaders

November 12 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 pm

Roundtable for Learning Leaders

Not Perfect, but Powerful: Scaling Skills at Mortenson
When:

Thursday, November 12th

9:00 | Breakfast and networking for in-person attendees

9:30 | Program starts (virtual and in-person)

11:00 | Program ends, 15-30 minutes optional networking
What:

What happens when the capabilities of two critical roles become the constraint on a company’s growth, and you have to build the answer while the business keeps moving?

In this session, two leaders from Mortenson will share the real story of designing, launching, learning from, and scaling a role-based Skill Development Program for Project Managers and Superintendents. The discussion will include:

  • How they identified PM and Superintendent capabilities as a key constraint to scaling the business
  • What they built first and why they started small
  • What they had to rethink once the program hit scale
  • How the design evolved through participant feedback and operational friction

They’ll talk about scaling from momentum, focusing skills where there’s business energy, and engaging stakeholders early enough that the approval to move forward was a formality.

They’ll also share the parts that didn’t go to plan, because friction turned out to be the most useful design data they had.

Check out the article to learn more.

You’ll leave with practical ways to frame skill development as a business capability strategy, decide what’s sacred versus adjustable when iterating, and build guardrails that protect quality as a program grows.

One question you can think about ahead of time, and hear more about in the presentation, is this: where might we be waiting for perfect, when one small powerful step would make a business impact?
Where:

You can join us in person at our office…

755 Prior Ave N, #307A

Saint Paul, MN 55104

…or virtually via Zoom.

 

Breakfast!

We’ll offer breakfast for those who attend in person. Please email us or reply to this email to request dietary accommodation.

If you choose the virtual option, we’ll send you the link after you register.
About the presenters:

Tab Cronin is the Director of Learning at Mortenson, a top-25 U.S. builder, developer, and provider of energy and engineering services, where she is architecting the strategic transformation of the skills and capabilities required to fuel the company’s growth strategy.

Tab has spent many years leading learning & development teams for regional and global organizations. She is recognized for designing strategies that enable both short- and long-term business goals with a particular focus on serving frontline (deskless) and office-based employees alike.

Tab holds an M.B.A. from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and is based in Minneapolis.

Melissa Klement is a Learning & Development Manager at Mortenson, where she leads Enterprise Skills including the Skill Development Program for Project Managers and Superintendents.

With 20 years of experience crafting L&D strategy and building capabilities for global organizations and local non-profits, she specializes in translating business priorities into learning experiences that measurably strengthen performance and skills.

A teacher and writer at heart, Melissa holds an M.A. from the University of Saint Thomas and is based in Minneapolis.
Together with the Skills Team, Tab and Melissa partnered with field leaders and more than 20 subject matter experts to build and scale a role-specific program grounded in how builders actually work—combining self-paced learning, virtual sessions, and hands-on in-person coaching. The program is on pace to reach hundreds of participants across the enterprise, with 20 cohorts planned for 2027.

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