Leadership University

Are you looking for a complete and customized development solution for your teams?

The “Leadership University” approach which can be integrated with other learning and development provided by your organization, delivers a full spectrum of customized leadership development. It brings together group learning modules with individualized coaching and personal development resulting in a higher level of learning, providing the greatest rate of return for leaders and the organization.

Benefits of the University Approach

Participants attend sessions as a cohort group which ensures they receive a common learning experience, promoting cross-functional teambuilding and bonding across the organization; learners gain greater confidence and cohesion as a cohort group than those attending ‘workshops’
Participants develop a sense of pride for being selected to participate in a special program
Participants have team projects and individual assignments (directly linked to existing organizational efforts/individual projects) that greatly increase the use of new skills and reinforce the learning ‘on the job’
Participants are more fully engaged and committed to success due to the concurrent 1:1 coaching
Participants have a greater sense of accountability as a result of peer engagement and involvement, as well as ‘safe’ opportunities for increased feedback to and from colleagues, reducing silos and increasing collaboration.

success story

Leadership University Leads to Competitive Advantage
This organization was considered the "Disneyland of places to work" and that wasn't a good thing. It meant you could just show up, sit around and chat with others but nothing really needed to be accomplished. One underlying cause of the problem was the need to focus on leadership development and increased accountability. PDG worked with the organization to create and facilitate their "Leadership University" - a highly respected three-year development program for high-potential employees. We graduated 20 leaders from the program and ultimately the COO stated that the sale of the business to a larger multi-national corporation was partially the result of the work/results of the leadership university.

“I just wanted to tell you how amazing the meeting PDG facilitated was. I don't know how you did what you did but I think what you accomplished was nothing short of amazing. I have to tell you, I had a negative attitude when you first started and even thought this was going to be a lot of psychological mumbo-jumbo but couldn't believe what I saw happen with our group.”
Marlene Burns, Former CCFA Board Member