Scale your impact and influence
Expand your leadership awareness and learn new methods for scaling your impact and influence. This design leadership training builds on the work you did in Design Leadership Fundamentals I to prepare you for your next transition—leading leaders.
In this management workshop, we’ll tackle the “leadership style” myth and explore important mindsets that help you adapt to both organizational and individual needs. You’ll learn how to lead through others, build alliances across the org, and shift from a reactive to a creative mental state.
PLEASE NOTE: Design Leadership Fundamentals I or 3 years of management experience is required for registration.
Please note this is a four-part series. Participants must attend all sessions:
January 12, 2023 9am - 1pm Pacific
January 19, 2023 9am - 1pm Pacific
January 25, 2023 9am - 1pm Pacific
February 2, 2023 9am - 1pm Pacific
Registration closed.
“Deliberately progressive; offering lots of practical tactics and conceptual applications for effectively scaling as a leader. ”
“DLF II is an outstanding primer on deeper, more sustainable leadership that can unlock new ways of thinking and growing in your creative leadership practice. All leaders can benefit, but particularly established managers and leaders who feel settled in the basics of design management and might need a refresh on their mindset and approach. This workshop, like any Design Dept. workshop, has the best ROI of any learning program I’ve taken and will certainly pay off in the months, quarters, and years to come.”
“DLF II is opportunity to reflect on the way you lead, learn new skills and approaches, and scale your management practice with a group of likeminded leaders and incredible facilitators. Get ready to have your mind blown.
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“If you’re ever managing a team it’s vital to understand the different orientations of managing and how to coach up your team, this workshop helps you lay out a foundation to successfully lead in different scenarios.”
“I already described this to a colleague as “transformational”! But honestly, we talk about about being and becoming our Best-selfs at 15Five and I felt myself move closer to this during the workshop this week. I came away wishing I’d known about these frameworks years ago when I first started managing people, but now I’m excited to put this into action and more efficiently and effectively scale myself and my team.”
Design Leadership Fundamentals 2:
is a live, remote workshop (sessions will not be recorded)
is a 4-part series (each part is 4 hours)
is intended for managers and directors who have 3+ years of experience
requires previous completion of Design Leadership Fundamentals 1
includes access to the Design Dept. community Slack channel for ongoing discussion, support, and learning from other leaders
provides you with a personal printed workbook that includes workshop content and exercises
equips you with a framework and plan for leading through the leaders on your team (and delegating effectively)
What you'll learn
This leadership workshop provides perspectives and tools that help answer questions such as:
How do I lead creatively?
How do I scale my impact?
How do I build alliances within the org?
How do I delegate effectively?
How do I keep myself from burning out?
Who should attend
REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION: Design Leadership Fundamentals I, or 3 years of management experience
Design Leadership Fundamentals II is for Managers and Directors. Creative functions include (but are not limited to):
Product design
Brand design
Content design/strategy
Research
Creative ops
General schedule overview*
Day 1
9:00am
Welcome
9:30
Content presentation and discussion
10:30
30 minute break
11:00
Breakout groups with peers
1:00pm
Wrap
* Schedule may change and/or vary by specific day
Session Details
Dynamic leadership
Today’s leaders are flexible and responsive, embracing models and mindsets as diverse as the challenges they face. This management course explores the essentials of a multidimensional, creative leadership practice.
Leading through others
Delegation is a great opportunity to both scale yourself and help your team members develop new competencies. In this design management course, you’ll learn different ways of delegating and how to gracefully share responsibilities with your team members.
Intro to coaching
As creatives transition into leadership, they often rely on directing and problem-solving as a primary interaction model with their teams. Coaching is a powerful tool to empower your team and scale yourself. Develop skills to introduce coaching as a new mode of leadership into your practice to help your team thrive.
Sustainable leadership
The key to sustainable leadership comes from within. It’s a combination of awareness, discipline, and resilience. As you transform from a manager to a leader of leaders, it’s easy to find yourself feeling stuck at different points of growth. You can’t shift from a reactive state to a creative one without first identifying where you’re currently stuck. This creative leadership course teaches you how to break away from old habits that are holding you back and limiting your impact.
A note about remote
Our remote workshop formats are highly interactive, providing multiple opportunities for you to learn from our facilitators and from other leaders in the Zoom room.
No preparation or homework is required. We don’t expect you to do anything before the workshop other than create the space and time for focusing with us.
We do expect participants to show up ready to contribute. We also ask that you keep cameras on during conversational sections, so find a place where you can do that comfortably. We don’t mind pets, kids, or partners walking around in the background—it’s life these days!
Each workshop is:
taught live by one of our instructors via Zoom
a blend of lecture, solo reflection, group discussion, and small-group activities
mindful of the importance of safe spaces (breakout rooms) for small-group activities
an opportunity to learn and grow, and includes your own printed workbook to use in solo and group activities
Workshop size minimum
This workshop minimum is 15 participants. If we do not receive the minimum registrations before the class begins, you will have the choice to reschedule for another workshop or receive a full refund.
Cancellation policy; remote events
We understand that plans can change and your workshop may have to wait.
If Participant’s plans change, or if any adjustments from in-person to remote Workshops will not work for Participant, Participant shall email DD at hello@designdept.co as soon as possible. While we cannot transfer Participant’s Workshop ticket or allow for substitutions should you wish to cancel, we may be able to help you with a refund according to the following timelines:
Notice given to DD two (2) or more months before the workshop: Registration is 100% refundable.
Notice given to DD less than two (2) months but more than one (1) month before workshop: DD will refund 50% of Participant’s registration fee.
Notice given to DD less than one (1) month before workshop: Registration is non-refundable.
This policy is subject to change. DD will notify registered participants of any changes to this policy.