with Prof. Matthias Ehrhardt and Team
ONLINE
CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM
THE DESIGNING
TALENT
DESIGN THINKING FOR LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT
NEXT PROGR A MS April - June 2021 April - July 2021 Sept. - Dec. 2021 ® ALL YOU NEED TO LEARN
Join our Designing Talent
Online Certification Program!
In my years as an entrepreneur and professor, I have worked with countless leaders, companies, and teams. Although their goals and aspirations may be starkly different, they have all had the same experience: It takes a lot to be successful, and if you don't get the best out of your people – you won't succeed. In other words: learning and helping others learn have become the most important skills in the 21st century. This also holds true for unlearning and relearning things like knowledge, skills, behavior, or even attitudes.
However, before we want our people to learn anything new or embrace change, we have to enable them to do so. Designing Talent will do just that. It will help you and your people become better at becoming better.
Designing Talent is a framework we have crafted after years of research and testing. It makes the ingenuity of Design Thinking applicable for leadership and talent development and will help you unleash the full innovation and learning potential of your people.
In our online program, we will take our participants on a personal learning journey over 4 months, giving them time to reflect, get maximum practical expe-rience, and a deep understanding of a state-of-the-art learning and coaching framework.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Designing Talent Online Certification Program!
Prof. Matthias Ehrhardt
W ELCO M E
» LEARNING AND HELPING
OTHERS LEARN HAVE BECOME
THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILLS
IN THE 21st CENTURY.«
Certification
Structure
Pre-work
Assessment, self-study, prep exercise
Our Online Sessions
What We will Learn
The Designing Talent Online Certification Programis for
• executives who want to hone their learning and leadership skills, use new coaching tools and assessments for daily challenges and team issues, or want to rethink their current talent development strategy
• HR professionals who want to establish a high-growth problem-solving and performance culture, i.e. an entrepreneurial mindset
• coaches, consultants, and mentors who want to add a new and highly effective talent development framework to their existing services and help their clients and people solve internal and external challenges
• start-ups, fast growing companies, family businesses, and international corporations that face diverse challenges, adjusting to the speed of transition
In our certification program, we will show you how to use Design Thinking and other innovation methods to bring the best out of your people. Design Thinking is used by companies around the globe as a proven method for ongoing performance improvement and innovation.
What is the need ? Current studies show:
79
%
of today's employees feel they're not managed in a motivating way.42
%
say they are likely to leave because they are not learning fast enough.94
%
of all companies report that "agility and learning" are critical to their company's success. Yet, only 6 % say they are highly agile today.Format
The Online Certification Program spans 4 months with 2 sessions per month (3 hours each) and additional pre-work and in-between practical application. The online sessions consist of short lectures and discussions, team exercises, and practical application and training in small breakout groups (3-4 people). You will get the dates and links (Zoom) prior to the program. You will also get access to our online learning platform which includes all of the materials and tools we cover.
Dates and fees
April - June 2021 April - July 2021 September - December 2021 EUR 4,300 (+ VAT) USD 4,900 Scholarships available. T H E P RO G R A M
Help your organizations and
clients bring out the best in their most
valuable asset: their people.
Month 1
1. Introduction: Leadership, Learning, and Talent Development 2. Foundations of Coaching 3. Using Assessments for Talent Development 4. "You at Your Best"
Month 2
1. Using Design Thinking for Talent Development 2. Designing Talent: Approach and Framework 3. The ACE Process 4. Developmental Skills: Questioning and Listening
Month 3
1. Strengths-based Learning 2. Feedback Culture and "Talent Talks"
3. Adult Learning and Motivation 4. Use of Technology for Coaching and Teaching
Month 4
1. Visualization for Talent Development 2. Storytelling and "Story Session"
3. Learning and Talent Development as Corporate Competency 4. Bottom Line: Making it Work
in between the sessions: working on your challenges, "on the job"
application, and practice in learning teams
2021 / 22 TH E D ES IG NIN G T ALENT CERTIFICAT IO N P RO G RA M ®
Designing Talent is an effective framework for leader- ship, talent development, learning because it empha-sizes both creativity and execution. But it goes beyond individual application – Designing Talent can be scaled to an organizational level, helping leaders achieve their goals in a holistic way.
The Designing Talent Online Certification Program is for you, if you want to:
• help your organizations and clients acquire the most important skill in the 21st century: learning and helping others learn
• apply the latest science in learning to your one-on-one and team coaching sessions • get acquainted with ACE: a simple, yet profound process for efficient problem-solving and talent development
• learn how to use visual tools, brainstorming templates, and team exercises to jumpstart engagement
• refresh and rethink leadership: How do we become better leaders? The leader as coach, mentor, teacher – when and how does it work? • learning is a team sport: how to build effective learning partnerships
• become better at becoming better: because this, after all, is your only competitive advantage • get a top-notch certification and accelerate your career
To effectively learn you need three things:
a process, insights, and competencies.
Designing Talent comes with all three.
Address and
Assess
Name and understand the learning opportunities and challenges ("pain points") as accurately as possible.
Whatever you want your people, teams, and organizations to learn, it is crucial that you first give them the skills, tools, and knowledge to be able to learn. Designing Talent does just that. It serves as a foundation of learning and growth – no matter which area you want to improve in.
© DESIGNING TALENT
A
C
E
Create and
Choose
Brainstorm and create ideas to solve the challenge. Choose the best ideas and start testing them.
Execute and
Evaluate
Put ideas to action. Find out what works best and tweak the solutions. Monitor the progress.
The ACE Process
The Designing Talent
Learning and Growth Model
Process before content: The ACE process
Especially in fast-changing times like these, we often don't know how to approach and find answers to individual, team, or company challenges. What's needed is: a simple, yet reliable process for finding the best solution in any context. That is why we created ACE. ACE is a design thinking-based process with two levels. The ACE process is the key to effective problem-solving, performance improvement, and learning.
Identify and ACE your challenges
To learn the Designing Talent approach and apply the ACE process, you are invited to take an assessment (You at Your Best) prior to the workshop. This will help you identify your learning opportunities and challenges. Over the course of the program, you will work on your challenge and receive feedback from facilitators and peers.
YO U R B EN EFI TS
All you need to learn Leadership Skills
Motivation Conflict Resolution Change
Communication Talent Retention Your challenge
Trust
Meet Matthias,
Founder of Designing Talent
P RO F. M AT T H I A S EH R H A R DT
Professor Matthias Ehrhardt has extensive experi- ence in building up, investing in, restructuring, and growing companies in diverse industries such as me-dia, training, manufacturing, and technology. Today, he is engaged in businesses and start-ups that focus on learning and talent development. In addition, he has served as an executive coach and facilitator for talent development, entrepreneurship, and lead- ership at various universities and companies for over 20 years. He has worked with startups, VC and pri- vate equity firms, family businesses, leading business schools, and global corporations.
Learning and talent development have always been a passion of his. Matthias has a master of adminis- tration studies (M.A.S.), a master in media psycho-logy (M.A.), a PhD in law (Dr. iur.), and another
PhD in art history (Dr. phil.) from the University of Munich. He is an alumnus of IESE Business School's AMP, Columbia Business School's CIBE, and Harvard Business School's Owners and Presidents Manage-ment Program (OPM). Matthias has attended IESE's International Faculty Program (IFP), the Columbia Coaching Certification Program (ECI/ACI), and is a founding fellow of the Institute of Coaching (ICPA) at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School affiliate. Matthias holds numerous certifications in talent development, coaching, and training (CPLP, HOGAN, Learning Agility, Emotional Intelligence, ATD Master Trainer, TKI, MBTI, etc.). He is engaged in training and supervising other executive coaches and facili- tators and regularly speaks at conferences on leader- ship, talent development, and coaching.
Why Designing Talent ?
Focus on Learning
Designing Talent goes deeper than many leadership programs. It focuses on the most important leadership skill: learning and helping others learn.
Hands-on
You will receive the "Designing Talent Toolbox", which includes tools, templates, assessments, evaluations, and prompts for direct use in your organization. Customized
You will be able to show your people or clients how to effectively solve problems and develop themselves and others by using the ACE process, essential insights, and key developmental skills.
Engaging
Much has been written about getting individuals and teams involved in idea creation. You will be able to use methods from Designing Talent to ignite creative brainstorming, think outside the box, and find the best solutions for your challenges.
Ongoing
Everything we know about effective learning tells usthat it has to be permanent and forward-oriented. That is what Designing Talent is about. We will show you how to make room for ongoing dialogue, involvement, and feedback. We call this space "Talent Talks."
State-of-the-art
We know the latest techniques and talent develop-ment practices. You will learn them in our program and turn into an expert user.
Sustainable
Talent comes, talent goes. You will help your orga-nization develop a corporate core competency to bring out the very best in their teams while improving employee retention at the same time.
Bottom Line
With your learnings from the Designing Talent Online Certification Program, you will help your organization and clients to develop their talent and fix their workplace problems with engagement, commitment, and fun.
Matthias' special back-
ground in Design Thinking
and Talent Development
• Master's in Media Psychology (M.A.) • Ph.D. in Art History (specialization: leadership representation in art) • Co-founded and led a design and branding agency for over 15 years • Years of research and work in Design Thinking
• Founder and director of the AUTORIS Institute for Talent Development
» I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY LEADERSHIP
PRO-GRAMS. THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT THAT I CAN
GIVE TO DESIGNING TALENT IS THAT IT'S TRULY
ACTIONABLE. YOU LEAVE WITH A TOOLBOX OF
MATERIALS AND SKILLS THAT YOU CAN PUT INTO
PRACTICE THE NEXT DAY! PLUS THE FRAMEWORK
WORKS FOR EVERY TYPE OF LEARNER. I THINK
THAT'S WHY MY TEAM AND CLIENTS LOVE IT.«
Heidi Erdmann-Sullivan, CEO, Erdmann Marketing Group» AS A LEADER AND EDUCATOR I HAVE TO SAY
DESIGNING TALENT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCES. IT HAS DEEPLY
IMPACTED MY PRACTICE AND I AM GRATEFUL
THAT I CAN NOW SHARE THIS WITH OTHERS!
THE TOOLS AND LANGUAGE I GAINED DURING
THE TRAINING HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
MY SUCCESS IN PLANNING THROUGH PROJECTS
LARGE AND SMALL AND HELPING MY TEAM-
MATES GROW IN THEIR OWN TALENTS.«
Aliece Dutson, President of Mission Grammar School
» MATTHIAS' PROGRAMS ALWAYS GET
EXCELLENT FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS:
AN AMAZING COMBINATION OF ACADEM-
IC EXCELLENCE AND REAL-LIFE BUSINESS
APPLICATION. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE
DESIGNING TALENT CERTIFICATION TO ALL
STARTUPS.«
Iskender Dirik,
Managing Director/General Manager Samsung NEXT Europe
The Designing Talent Framework
is applied in global corporations, high-growth companies,
start-ups, accelerators, leading business schools, and family
businesses. Here's what Designing Talent leaders, coaches,
and mentors say:
FEED BAC K A N D I M P R ES S I O N S
» SIMPLY THE BEST! MATTHIAS AND HIS
TEAM HAVE UNCANNY KNOWLEDGE TO
HELP INDIVIDUALS REACH THEIR UTMOST
POTENTIAL AS LEADERS.«
Colin D. Weekes, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
»THE DESIGNING TALENT CERTIFICATION
IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANYONE
RESPON-SIBLE FOR MODERN LEARNING AND
DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS. THE
NEW METHODS AND TOOLS HAVE
ENABLED ME TO HAVE A GREAT IMPACT
ON OUR COLLEAGUES' INDIVIDUAL
LEARNING JOURNEYS. «
Sarah Hoffmann, Chief People Officer, Brainwave Hub
» SINCE OUR TEAM LEADS ATTENDED THE
DESIGNING TALENT PROGRAM, THIS
FRAMEWORK HAS SPREAD THROUGH THE
BLINKIST OFFICE QUICKLY: I SEE PEOPLE
STANDING IN FRONT OF WHITEBOARDS
TOGETHER "ACEING" CHALLENGES, OR
LISTENING TO COLLEAGUES EXPLAINING
THEIR "WHEEL OF WHY". INSPIRING,
IN-SIGHTFUL, ACTIONABLE – I CAN HIGHLY
RECOMMEND THIS PROGRAM TO ANYONE
WORKING WITH PEOPLE.«
D es ig n, L ay ou t a nd I llu st ra tio ns : w w w .ti na do m pe rt. co m ; I m ag es : M ar io n V og el ; G eo ff W hy; p riv at e
USA
Designing Talent Inc.
Harvard Square, 1 Miffl. Pl.
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Germany
Designing Talent GmbH
Nordendstrasse 5
80799 Munich, Germany
For more information and
to apply please visit our website
www.designingtalent.com
Or contact Verena Lauffs
[email protected]
The Designing Talent Framework has been developed by the AUTORIS Institute for Talent Development. www.autoris.com. © DESIGNING TALENT 2021. All rights reserved. AUTORIS®, Designing Talent®, and The ACE Process® are registered trademarks.
Around the world, start-ups, VC and PE firms, business families, and large corporations use Designing Talent to help their people grow. Coaches, consultants, and mentors apply our tools, assessments, and insights with their clients. And top business schools offer our programs to enhance their leadership curriculum. Here are some of the organizations in which people are Designing Talent:
