Leadership Institute

Training for Frontline Leaders and Managers

Leaders are operating in an ever-changing environment and regularly face new challenges. To be successful on both a personal and an organizational level, they need new skills and competencies to meet these challenges.

DDI is the world leader in leadership development. We use a competency-based, integrated approach that helps organizations achieve their business objectives and results. Through leadership assessment and development, organizations can improve bench strength and grow their own leaders by identifying and developing high-potential employees.

Our training programs equip leaders at all levels with the day-to-day interpersonal skills for leading individuals or groups and the broader, overall skills needed to create and maintain a high-performance workplace. And, our assessment centers and multirater feedback surveys help companies identify, hire, and promote the most talented people.

Advantages

DDI’s leadership development programs are:

  • Thoroughly proven to build and assess specific, job-critical competencies and promote positive behavior changes that lead to better job performance. Our programs have been tried and tested in leading global companies, including more than 400 of the Fortune 500.
  • Flexible to fit your environment, languages, and delivery requirements.
  • Completely integratable so you can mix and match offerings to create a development program that is highly tailored and highly effective for your organization and your people.
  • Complementary in that you can assess development needs, provide training that meets these needs, and manage ongoing performance.

IMSM: Exceptional Leaders . . . Extraordinary Results

The focus these days is on C-Level leaders (CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and other senior managers). However, DDI’s leadership courses speaks to the needs of SEE-Level(SM) leaders—managers, team leaders, and supervisors who see their teams, peers, customers, and bosses every day. Their development is often neglected, yet these are the leaders who are entrusted to execute your organization’s strategies and meet its goals by building and maintaining a high-performing workforce.

These courses builds on more than 35 years of experience and proven results with three million exceptional leaders in virtually every industry worldwide. This approach enhances performance using highly enjoyable and engaging learning experiences to prepare your leaders to succeed in a complex and unpredictable business environment. From innovative multimedia classroom training to leading-edge, web-based learning, DDI courses include a wide range of options to help you identify, develop, and retain great leadership talent.

Performance Objectives

Leaders learn to:

  • Effectively communicate and execute your organization’s business strategies.
  • Build a strong, committed workforce that is engaged and shows passion.
  • Successfully manage change.
  • Coach for success and help build your organization’s growth through its people.
  • Foster a culture of accountability.
  • Make the right decisions in a timely manner.

System Overview

Leadership Courses

Results

  • A manufacturer reported a 50-percent decrease in lost-time accidents and an 80-percent reduction in annual grievances.
  • A major automobile manufacturer reported a 21-percent improvement in productivity and $4.4 million in savings, compared to control sites who did not participate in the leadership development program. This was a 333-percent return on investment.
  • At Ranger Uranium, absenteeism dropped from 9 percent to 2.2 percent, and downtime dropped from 8.78 percent to 0.79 percent.