Consulting Network

CEWD Consulting Network

The new CEWD Consulting Network offers boutique consulting and advising services to industry companies seeking guidance on workforce development programs within the energy sector.

Representative Services

  • Talent Pipeline Architecture: Custom strategies to secure your future workforce
  • Strategic Partnerships: Bridging the gap between employers and community partners for pre-apprenticeship and pre-hire training
  • Market Intelligence and Economic Data Assessment: Labor market outlooks, skills mapping, and gap analysis
  • Retention & Succession: Strategic planning to keep your best talent and prepare the next generation of leaders
  • Systems Planning: State-level workforce strategy and career awareness initiatives
  • Pilot Program Design: Developing and scaling innovative apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship models.

CEWD will only accept engagements related to its core mission and purpose of building a highly skilled workforce. 

Our Expertise, Your Competitive Advantage

For 20 years, CEWD has been the industry’s trusted workforce partner, working with hundreds of employers and thousands of leaders. We combine our internal institutional knowledge with an elite network of subject matter experts to expand your capacity and drive informed innovation.

Our leadership isn’t just grounded in history—it’s fueled by active, daily engagement in the committees, boards, and workgroups shaping the intersection of energy and workforce. We don’t just follow industry trends; we help set them.

Proven Impact

  • Structural Transformation: We helped a major utility establish the framework to build its workforce development program from the ground up, establishing it as a core organizational discipline.
  • Strategic Visioning: We have empowered countless organizations to refine their workforce planning and talent development strategies.
  • Community Integration: We’ve helped employers cultivate talent pipelines through high-impact partnerships with local non-profits, including where necessary, providing “boots-on-the-ground” in the local community.

Availability

To ensure high-touch, executive-level service, CEWD is accepting a limited number of consulting engagements for 2026.