Leadership Courses
Leadership Courses Built on Science
At DDI, we build everything based on science. Our leadership courses are deeply rooted in psychology, and focused on delivering measurable change in your leaders. With deep experience in virtual classroom and microlearning options to build blended learning journeys, you can engage your leaders no matter where they work and how they want to learn. And speaking of options, our leadership development subscription gives you the ultimate option for flexible, ongoing development with access to all the digital tools and courses you need to see results.
Our content is built on our proven learning systems: Interaction Management® leadership development program, Business Impact Leadership® mid-and senior-level series, and Targeted Selection® behavioral interviewing.
Building Rapport Virtually
Connect and build rapport with interviewees virtually
Microcourse
Attracting and landing the best candidates is a competitive advantage for an organization. When interviewers establish a human connection, candidates have a more positive impression of the job and organization. To make that connection in a virtual setting, interviewers must be especially aware of their words and actions and make an extra effort to build rapport.
Helps individuals:
- Understand how helping candidates feel at ease can land top job seekers and benefit the organization.
- Learn ways to create a welcoming virtual environment.
- Use interaction skills to build a human connection with candidates.
On to the Next Adventure
Determine job fit and prepare for an interview
Microcourse
Are you ready for a change in your role, but not sure how to know if a particular position will be right for you? Or maybe you know exactly what you want but don’t know how to land the job. This course will help participants think through goals and motivations, and then gather robust examples of strengths based on experience. They’ll also get tips for navigating the interview, from starting the conversation in a positive manner, to providing complete examples of skills and abilities, to closing in a way that conveys interest in the position.
Helps individuals:
- Identify strengths and gaps in knowledge, skills, experience, and motivations.
- Decide whether they’re a good match for a job and an organization and whether the job and organization are right for them.
- Prepare behavioral examples for use in an interview that demonstrate how they’ve effectively used their skills in the past.
- Anticipate and be prepared to face a variety of interview challenges.
Starting Strong
Prepare how to execute an effective onboarding process
Microcourse
Organizations need their new hires to become productive quickly, be fully engaged, and committed to stay with the organization. It all begins by providing new hires with a strong start. This course guides leaders on how to execute an effective onboarding process.
Helps leaders:
- Discover the importance of an effective onboarding process.
- Learn methods to build trust with new employees.
- Receive tips for setting clear performance expectations.
- Learn how to help new employees build a purposeful and courageous business network.
- Prepare to implement a new hire’s 90-day development plan.
Targeted Selection®: The Art of Behavioral Interviewing
Conduct objective, fair interviews
Classroom
Virtual Classroom
Web-based Training
This course teaches hiring managers and interview team members how to conduct interviews that are objective, fair, and provide the candidate the opportunity to shine. Learners leave the class knowing how to build rapport, manage an interview, and ask pertinent questions to gather data that are predictive of future on-the-job success.
Together, with The Science of Behavioral Interviewing, these courses can help your organization:
- Lower employee turnover by ensuring the candidate’s fit.
- Reduce bias in the hiring process.
- Gather relevant data that tells the whole story about candidates.
- Prevent your interviewers from asking potentially illegal questions.
- Enhance your company’s brand with an exceptional candidate experience.
Targeted Selection®: The Science of Behavioral Interviewing
Collect high-quality data to make the best hiring decisions
Classroom
Virtual Classroom
Web-based Training
This course teaches interviewers how to make the best hiring decisions by collecting high-quality behavioral data around job-related criteria for success. Interviewers build their skills in using an objective, consistent, and unbiased process for evaluating candidate data, and learn how sharing their data and considering the data that other interviewers have collected leads to hiring the best candidate every time.
Together, with The Art of Behavioral Interviewing, these courses can help your organization:
- Lower employee turnover by ensuring the candidate’s fit.
- Reduce bias in the hiring process.
- Gather relevant data that tells the whole story about candidates.
- Prevent your interviewers from asking potentially illegal questions.
- Enhance your company’s brand with an exceptional candidate experience.