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VR for executive-level training: 5 key areas

STRIVR

” — Verity Creedy, Product Management Director, DDI Leaders are made, not born. Verity Creedy is Product Management Director at Development Dimensions International (DDI), an international human resources and leadership development consultancy with longtime expertise and credibility.

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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall; I Don’t See Myself At All.

The Performance Improvement Blog

Wally Bock, in his post about a Development Dimensions International (DDI) study of front-line leaders, draws three major implications: You can't trust your mirror. The process for “getting a true picture of who you are” and for “getting better” is best facilitated by a coach. No more excuses. Fund site. .

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The Truth About Leadership Skill Gaps

CLO Magazine

Some skills — communication, coaching, execution — are always important and never go out of style. The study also conducted a profit analysis, focusing on net profit and return on assets, using assessment data from 2,077 senior-level executives from 44 organizations, about 47 per company. Rich Wellins is senior vice president at DDI.

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Corporate Leadership – Part II – How COVID has Impacted Corporate Leadership

Jigsaw Interactive

According to Development Dimensions International (DDI), during this COVID-19 era, leaders have increased their online learning efforts by 12%, and have spent an average of 1.7 DDI’s study shows that these same leaders would like to spend an additional 3.3 Challenges.

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Sink or Swim: Setting First-time Leaders Up for Success

CLO Magazine

Our organization, Development Dimensions International, has studied leadership transitions and found that the struggles of new leaders are both real and widespread. In DDI’s “Finding the First Rung” study, we asked 1,130 front-line leaders, “How did you become a leader?” They also need to examine their own motivations to lead.

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Free learning & development webinars for August 2023

Limestone Learning

A recent McKinsey & Company study reflected on how leaders of leaders are not only undervalued and underutilized, but underdeveloped, too. Join Lisa Rectenwald, Project Manager at DDI, to reimagine your midlevel leadership development strategy. Self-awareness is at the foundation of how people receive training, as well as coaching.

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Top 4 soft skills employees are developing in VR

STRIVR

Unlike traditional forms of soft skills training like watching videos, reviewing case studies or even role-playing, Immersive Learning combines VR with expert instructional design and data science, so learners are highly engaged and retain more. Feedback is critical to effective coaching, healthy teams and strong company culture.

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