Grand Canyon Skywalk sends employees to MCC

April 18th, 2011

Kingman, AZ – More than 50 employees at the Grand Canyon Skywalk are participating in corporate training classes at the Kingman campus of Mohave Community College. This is the first time the Skywalk has participated in MCC’s corporate outreach program.

The Grand Canyon Skywalk is located on the Grand Canyon’s West Rim, less than a two-hour drive from Kingman. Last year, about 400,000 people visited the attraction on Hualapai Tribal land.

Employees and managers are learning a variety of skills at MCC’s corporate training classes, including decision making and problem solving, fundamentals of supervision, sales techniques, managing a diverse workforce, stress management and coping with job burnout, conflict resolution and how to forge professional relationships.

“We are highly impressed with MCC’s corporate outreach program, and proud that more than half of our employees are taking at least one professional development course with them,” said Ted Quasula, general manager of the Grand Canyon Skywalk.

“It’s very exciting to see a company like the Grand Canyon Skywalk take such initiative in sharpening and enhancing the skills of its employees,” said Michael J. Kearns, president of Mohave Community College. “They are learning new ways to manage employees, interact and communicate effectively with customers, and tackle problems and decisions in unique and creative ways.

“Through employee feedback in the classes, the MCC instructors have been able to react and shape the workshops precisely to the company’s needs. I believe it’s going to help shape the future of their business,” Kearns said.