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This is where you learn from the pros how to manage your workforce successfully. To facilitate a variety of needs, we offer a variety of program lengths. In addition to our in-depth 3.5-Day Seminar we offer 1-Day Workshops, 3-Hour Workshops and 90-Minute Presentations.

Each format fulfills different needs; in the 90-Minute Presentation you will hear an engaging overview of the Disney approach; in the 3-Hour Workshop you will participate in activities that help you apply the Disney approach; and in the 1-Day Seminar you will travel behind the scenes to experience the Disney approach first-hand.

The Walt Disney World approach to People Management is not just talk; it is the philosophy behind our daily practices and woven into our culture of success. While studying our people management systems you will discover our approach to:

  • Culture - Develop the key elements required to create a culture of success
  • Selection - Select employees that are the right fit for your culture
  • Training - Discover how Disney reinforces its culture through its training process
  • Communication - Engage your workforce in meeting your goals
  • Care - Learn how Disney creates a supportive environment

 

90-Minute Presentation: The Disney Approach to People Management
During this 90-Minute Presentation, our Disney facilitator will captivate your group with innovative management techniques that will inspire change in your workplace. Through fascinating insights and insider information your facilitator will provide your group with an engaging overview of the Disney Approach to People Management.

While listening to this entertaining presentation you will discover:

  • The power of an organization's culture
  • How to select, train and retain employees
  • How you can apply the Disney approach to your organization

 

3-Hour Workshop: The Disney Approach to People Management
In this hands-on Three Hour Workshop, our Disney Institute facilitator will use our trademark interactive style to bring your workshop to life. No unproven academia here, at the Disney Institute you will benefit from decades of management success. You will be guided in exploring for yourself the way in which the Disney Approach applies to your organization.

Through dynamic discussion and innovative exercises, you will participate in your own discoveries. In this interactive session you will:

  • Discover the power of an organization's culture
  • Explore how to select, train and retain employees
  • Engage in Application exercises to impact your approach to people management
  • Identify Action Steps to integrate the Disney approach to your organization

 

One Day Seminar: The Disney Approach to People Management
In the One Day Seminar experience, our dynamic facilitators will take you on a journey to help you understand and implement the Disney Approach. After an interactive classroom discussion, your group will travel backstage to our living laboratory to see the Disney approach in action. Finally, our facilitator will lead you in exercises that can help you apply our principles to your organization.

One Day Seminar - Typical Agenda
Morning

  • Explore how Walt Disney World® Resort culture forms the basis of our people management philosophy
  • Travel behind the scenes to see the Disney selection process in action
  • Participate in a Disney training experience

Afternoon

  • Examine how Walt Disney World® Resort communicates with a workforce of over 50,000
  • Travel "backstage" to see how Disney provides a supportive environment for our workforce

 

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