Hone your leadership and talent management skills to build a results-driven culture, leveraging insights into human behavior and data-driven principles. Turn your people into a powerful competitive advantage.
This program is in partnership with Global Alumni.
"Good managers know what the business needs; great leaders know what the business needs and what their people need — and avoid compromising on one in order to achieve the other."
—John Philbin, program faculty director
In this program, you learn the critical role of effective talent leadership in addressing and overcoming your business challenges. You'll gain a holistic view of talent management essentials: people literacy, team structure and dynamics, growth planning, and your individual role as a leader. Within each area, you’ll systematically uncover your organization’s unique strengths and weaknesses and create targeted action plans.
You’ll emerge with a mastery of key leadership and talent management principles that enable you to align your business needs with what your people need — giving your organization a competitive edge and fostering a thriving workforce.
By attending, you will...
This program incorporates two live online sessions with program faculty as well as self-paced learning. You’ll experience a blend of classroom sessions, group discussions, a case study, and assessments. Each module builds on the last, ensuring an impactful learning experience that makes you confident in your new skills and ready to drive change.
Participants will gain access to Spectacular Team Assessment, a proprietary survey designed by John Philbin, as an integral part of this program. This assessment provides leaders with anonymized and aggregated insights into team dynamics across the cohort.
You'll also gain customized insights and action plans through:
This program incorporates two live-online sessions with program faculty.
This program is offered in English and soon Spanish. All live-online sessions and simulation experiences are delivered in English.
This program is ideal for mid- to senior-level leaders from any functional area who are key in managing talent and aligning their teams with the organization’s broader vision.
We recommend participants have seven or more years of experience, with a focus on identifying and nurturing top performers, driving employee engagement, and fostering people and culture initiatives.
This program is suitable for professionals across various industries and geographies, offering a globally relevant leadership experience.
As the founder and Managing Partner of Spectacular at Work, John Philbin helps companies compete and win and helps them create cultures where their people thrive.
John advises CEOs and develops future business leaders around the world. John and his team coach leaders and up-and-comers, help companies determine who to hire to make their company stronger, and architect leading people processes to make sure companies have a steady flow of future leaders that fit their culture.
John works with some of the most respected companies in the world (Blue Cross Blue Shield, PWC, Aon, Reebok, McDonalds) and with companies who aspire to be great. Really any company that wants to be better at the people stuff, no matter the size or industry. John is regularly invited to speak on People Literacy®, building better leaders and corporate culture (What’s Really Going On at Work?™), creating a competitive advantage through people and culture (“The Four Stages of Talent Management”), and strategic talent management + succession planning.
John completed his Ph.D. in Psychology at Loyola University and is an adjunct faculty member at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Strategic Leadership and People Literacy
Fundamentals of Talent Management
Advanced Talent Management and Integration
Team Dynamics and Psychological Safety
Team Alignment and Cross-Cultural Dynamics
Leadership and Personal Talent Management
December 3, 2024 - January 27, 2025
February 18 - March 31, 2025
April 29 - June 9, 2025
October 7 - November 17, 2025
Fee: $2,800