Learning and Development Center

Welcome to the Learning and Development Center - The Center for Excellence

The Learning and Development Center (LDC) is a strategy development and employee performance improvement organization. We offer comprehensive training solutions that significantly impact performance and institutional outcomes. Our consultancy is comprised of an experienced team of professionals with the knowledge and capabilities to design and implement strategies that help our clients achieve their goals. Our primary focus is to provide transformational learning programs that enhance the skills, job competencies, and improve performance and overall satisfaction for the City of Houston's workforce.

The LDC provides training opportunities at its two-story, 54,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility on a space-available basis for other organizations. Our clients include City of Houston departments and employees, and other municipalities, public agencies, non-profit agencies, and private businesses in the greater Houston area.

Please sign up for our new upcoming classes for the months of March, April, May 2019. The classes we offer are on the topics of business, computer and management skills. Classes are subject to change. For accurate and updated information, please contact the LDC at 832-395-4900. More >

Upcoming Programs

In this course participants will:

• Accept change readily, both in job responsibilities as well as in the work environment
• Maintain effectiveness when experiencing changes in work assignments, processes, or conditions
• Seek to understand changes and approaches change positively
• Adjust behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment

Please join us in the next class on April 26, 2019.

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Featured Classes

This course focuses on: how an organizations culture is created, characteristics and benefits of a positive workplace, factors normally associated with culture and climate, how to assess a teams performance against the characteristics of a positive workplace, identify the organizations and leaders role in controlling culture/climate, and strategies and best practices leaders can use to develop and maintain a positive workplace climate.

The next class is on March 21, 2019. Please register to join us on this date.

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For External Customers

*If you are an external customers, please contact ldcrooms@houstontx.gov, or call us at 832-395-4900. If you are a City of Houston employee, please check with your departments TMS liaison on registration procedures.