Designing the Best Leadership Development Learning Journey Ever

Presented by Dan Topf

Course preview:

We will explore the architecture behind YOUR next wildly successful yet unique leadership learning journey. You'll learn how to influence your stakeholders’ expectations about what works in leadership learning journeys and how to win their support for trying things a bit differently. Dan will explore and explain the strategic integration of various design elements and share the evidence behind why they work so well.

A short list of design elements may include in-person sessions, live online sessions, action planning, peer support, manager engagement, extended learning, executive faculty, action learning projects, exposure to executive level functions, volunteer activities, professional coaching, CEUs, developmental assessments, book clubs, Rocks n Ropes, and more.

Dan will share his experience and perspectives on building the best learning journey ever.

Objectives:

• Assess several design elements of a leadership learning journey for adoption or adaptation to your programs
• Explore the evidence behind high impact learning design elements in a leadership learning journey
• Consider design elements, tools, tactics, experiences, and more that you may not have considered to inject some innovation and creativity into your programs

Dan Topf

Dan is the owner of Topf Business Learning, an Iowa-based business acumen and leadership development company. With over 25 years of experience, Dan is passionate about helping people and businesses achieve dramatic performance improvement through business learning.

Dan is expert in helping leaders at all levels see the bigger picture. Perspective changes everything. When leaders see the big picture, they can play their part to make things happen.

Dan has BA and MA degrees and has served on the faculty of the Drake University School of Education. He has also taught in the Tippie Executive MBA Program at the University of Iowa.

He’s an alum of Leadership Iowa. He’s also an active volunteer in professional societies: The International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), and the Association for Talent Development (ATD).