Learner Experience
Engage and Retain Leaders with a Transformative Learner Experience
Over the years, our clients have shared how tough it is to engage leaders in development: “Leaders don’t have time for it.” “It doesn’t feel relevant.” “They just do it to check the box but don’t really apply it.”
But with the right learner experience, you can change that. You can help your learners see development in a new light: as a way to build skills that will change the course of their careers.
When you work with DDI, we help you create development experiences that leaders find deeply valuable and that shape them into better leaders.
What Leaders Say After Their DDI Learner Experience
- It is the first time I am in a leadership position and [this program] has been a life changer. DDI Leadership Program Participant
- After my training, I had better feedback from my team. DDI Leadership Program Participant
- It is the best training I have ever been involved with professionally. DDI Leadership Program Participant
- My blind spots are revealed, and my mindset is forever changed for the better. DDI Leadership Program Participant
- I really enjoyed the program—it took me out of my comfort zone. DDI Leadership Program Participant
Designed to Engage
We engage leaders by building learning experiences that follow our five learning design principles:
- Relevant: Leaders have to see a connection to their work and how they can immediately apply new skills and concepts.
- Personalized: Leaders need to be deeply self-aware and understand their personal impact on others. Their learning experience—including the focus areas, content, and format—needs to feel deeply personal to help them change and grow.
- Immersive: Leaders learn by doing, practicing, and experiencing challenges in a realistic environment.
- Human: Leadership is intensely personal and human. Leaders need to feel the emotional connection and consequence of their actions.
- Trusted: We should never waste leaders’ time. Our evidence-based content ensures leaders get proven, impactful development they can trust.
Built on Connection
In our decades of studying learner preferences, leaders consistently tell us they deeply value the power of learning together. They want to connect and practice with one another. They want to know what values and behaviors are expected as part of their leadership culture. And they want to know what to expect of their peers and when to hold one another accountable.
That’s why live, group learning experiences—in-person or virtual, through instructor-led sessions or peer-led discussions—are the cornerstone of DDI’s approach. Leaders gain more value from their time and effort when they learn new skills while discussing and reinforcing them with peers.
Fueled by Deep Insights and Focused Feedback
Every leader brings their own background, experiences, personality, and beliefs to leadership. And they need to understand how those things shape their leadership style and affect others around them.
As an assessment industry leader for five decades, we do this by weaving short assessments and personal insights into our leadership development experiences. Armed with data and insight, leaders gain a clear picture of their strengths and growth areas. And more importantly, they get the right learning content and tools to quickly get better.
What does that mean for leaders? Better focus in their development. Better self-awareness. And a commitment to their development, head and heart.
Change the Way Leaders Work
Great development becomes great performance when leaders practice what they learn over time. Leaders need reinforcement over time, with multiple opportunities to learn and practice.
That’s why we created Leadership Development Subscriptions that combine all the elements of a great learner experience. Leaders can participate in learning that’s planned or on demand, in groups or at their own pace, in focused sessions or short bursts. They can pursue learning proactively or reactively. And they do it all with clear intention to change how they lead.
And the magic happens when leaders stop thinking about development as a task to check off their growing lists. Instead, leadership development truly becomes what it was always meant to be.
A way of work.
A Personalized Experience for Every Learning Journey
Deliver the blended experience leaders want. DDI pairs high-impact, live sessions with a curated digital journey to drive lasting behavior change—before, between, and after every session:
- Personalize based on objective assessment data
- Launch prep work to make live time count
- Lock in skills with microlearning and practice tools
- Spark peer learning through guided discussions
- Deliver just-in-time resources for real moments of need
This connected journey also allows leaders to explore content on their terms, from skill assessments to playlists built around their growth goals.
Explore Subscriptions
Create a valuable learner experience with a Leadership Development Subscription.
Foundation
Everything you need to build core leadership skills in your frontline leaders
- Leadership Skills Insights℠ Assessments
- 45+ Courses
- 55+ Microcourses
- 230+ Online Learning Tools
- 50 Frontline Leader Competencies
- 30 Business Drivers
MultiLevel
Includes all Foundation content, plus personalized development for advanced leaders
- Leadership Personality Insights℠ Assessments
- 70+ Courses
- 70+ Microcourses
- 300+ Online Learning Tools
- 115 Competencies Across Leadership Levels
- 59 Business Drivers
Enterprise
Best option to integrate DDI content into your in-house learning materials
- Choose content from Foundation or MultiLevel subscription
- Tailor DDI's content to use with your in-house learning programs
- Includes DDI’s library of behavioral interview questions