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Disney's Approach to Leadership Excellence


Course D3302 Days

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You Will Learn How To

  • Adapt proven Disney leadership strategies and best practices to your organization
  • Develop and communicate your leadership vision
  • Combine structure and processes to meet organizational goals
  • Apply the strategies Disney leaders use to foster individual responsibility throughout the organization
  • Inspire commitment and leadership development in others
  • Implement your own action plan to align your vision, goals and continued development

Course Benefits

The Walt Disney Company is recognized worldwide for its leadership philosophy and organizational success. Gain insight into proven Disney strategies and methods for improving business results through exceptional leadership. Throughout this course, you learn the details of the Disney Leadership Excellence Model and how to adapt it to improve results within your own organization.

Who Should Attend

Mid-level managers or anyone interested in leading their organization to success by applying the proven leadership philosophies from one of the most recognized names in business.

Disney Institute

Through the interactive dynamics of classroom sessions, application exercises and exploration of Disney case studies, you discover the leadership principles at the core of the Disney organization's strength. Exercises include:
  • Developing your leadership vision
  • Uncovering values through leadership behaviors
  • Incorporating communication techniques that improve information flow
  • Recognizing elements of successful teams
  • Modeling effective team-building strategies
  • Applying process improvement techniques through a shared leadership vision
  • Creating your action plan for leadership success

Course D330 Content

An Introduction to Disney Leadership Philosophies

  • Recognizing how leaders communicate values to others
  • Refining your personal definition of leadership
  • Disney's definition of leadership
  • Exploring the impact one leader can have on an organization through the Story of Disney Leadership

Defining Your Vision

The power of storytelling

  • Harnessing the ability to connect to people's emotions
  • Discovering leader values by observing leader behaviors
  • Unleashing creativity with the power of your vision

Envisioning the future

  • Defining "vision"
  • Recognizing the purpose of the leader's vision
  • Examining personal methods for inspiring others
  • Aligning your organizational vision and individual leadership behaviors

Effectively communicating your vision

  • Conveying your values to authenticate your vision
  • Guiding your team's decisions
  • Examining strategies Disney leaders employ to create and communicate the vision

Leadership Strategies for Organizational Success

Designing a well-organized operation

  • Identifying the behaviors leaders demonstrate that contribute to organized/disorganized operations
  • Exploring the balance between talent and technology in structuring work

Implementing purposeful processes

  • Identifying the work that needs to be done
  • Determining work roles and enlisting talent
  • Implementing processes that engage teams
  • Establishing clear lines of communication, authority and accountability
  • Implementing appropriate systems and processes

Engaging Teams to Generate Their Own Success

Encouraging involvement

  • Benefits of an engaged workforce
  • Leading individuals to take ownership in the business
  • Motivating the desire to know what's going on in the organization and to act upon that knowledge
  • Actively involving people in decisions and plans that impact them
  • Striving to exceed expectations

Creating opportunities for employee partnering

  • Exemplifying leadership behaviors that foster active partnering
  • Encouraging effective relationships and cross-functional collaboration

Committing to Results

Fortifying commitment

  • Recognizing the need for ongoing support to sustain organizational change
  • Making changes to produce dramatic leaps in performance
  • Forging lifelong relationships based on integrity and mutual commitment
  • Exploring how setting goals and standards can support ownership as well as productivity

Creating a Leadership Legacy

  • Planning the actions you will take to activate change
  • Acknowledging the legacy that role-model leaders have left through their influence on your leadership
  • Discovering how leaders strengthen their effectiveness through aligning personal and organizational values
  • Examining strategies for leaving a legacy

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Training Dates

Feb 16 - 17Chicago (Schaumburg) enroll

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Tuition

$ 2,490Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,700Premium-Pass
$ 1,833Training Passport
$ 2,240Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,240Government Discount
$ 2,250Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,267Triple-Pack

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