Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum will create a professional development initiative that will improve the workplace environment and fill gaps in expertise, while creating an environment that supports staff in their professional growth and varied learning, working, and management styles. Project activities will include developing and implementing a learning agenda for approximately 243 staff as well as establishing a leadership program, which will be made up of 53 managers and staff interested in becoming managers.  A series of customized skill-building workshops for all staff that include managerial, communication, and project management training will be composed by senior staff from Employee Experience, Executive Office, Collection Management, and Education and Civic Engagement divisions. As a result of the project, staff will be better able to navigate public expectations and provide museum experiences that respond to a wide range of diverse audiences’ needs and interests.