Disney Institute

Highlighting the vision and ideals of Walt Disney himself, Disney Institute is a recognized leader in experiential training, leadership development, benchmarking and cultural change for businesses from around the globe. Since 1986, Disney Institute has paved the way for millions of business professionals representing virtually every sector of business and over half of the Fortune 100 companies to benchmark and adapt proven strategies that have sustained the success of the Disney organization for more than 85 years.

Disney Institute has taught our brand of business excellence and innovative business strategies in more than 40 countries, but by engaging Disney Institute programs at Disney Theme Parks and Resorts, you can literally step into a "living laboratory" for guided behind-the-scenes field experiences that can't be matched anywhere else in the world.

Uniquely positioned to make the most of the resources of the global Disney organization, Disney Institute is a world-renowned leader at providing professional development that meets your needs. Through our on-site field experiences at the world-famous Disney Parks, we transport attendees out of the traditional classroom setting and into real behind-the-scenes interactions with Disney leaders who share proven business practices first-hand. No other meeting location offers professional development experiences like this: from Disney and at Disney.

Programs are available in a variety of formats to meet the scheduling demands of your event and the needs of your client, such as 90-minute keynote presentations from the Disney Speaker Series and engaging half-day workshops. You also can select content from an array of topics that are based on core Disney business strengths:

• Leadership Excellence
• People Management
• Quality Service
• Brand Loyalty
• Inspiring Creativity

Disney Institute also can provide access to experienced leaders within the Disney organization to deliver a keynote address, adding the Disney Advantage to the educational content of your meetings.

To address the changing needs of business professionals, Disney Institute has developed "Leading Through Turbulent Times," a new interactive session that provides creative ways to retain customers, engage employees, and weather the economic climate of today's business environment. Attendees will learn proven, time-tested philosophies that build a solid foundation to meet today's challenges and achieve important business goals:

• Lead with vision while managing with discipline
• Create and sustain a high performance culture
• Enhance the customer experience through employee engagement
• Nurture brand relationships
• Learn and grow from the experience

This timely program is available in a variety of flexible formats including half-day workshops and keynote presentations, and can also be offered remotely via WebCast.

Tours
Operation Disney: The Magic Backstage

Through the innovative creation of the Disneyland® Resort, Walt Disney was able to bring to life perhaps an even greater breakthrough: a unique approach to business itself. Now, through exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpses of the original Disneyland® Park come inspiring, in-depth perspectives of the proven Disney approaches to leadership excellence, people management, quality service, brand loyalty and inspiring creativity powerful business philosophies created by Walt Disney himself and taught by Disney Institute.

Team Building

Through innovative teambuilding experiences your team and you will step right outside your comfort zone. Not only will you have fun, but in the process, you will also learn the critical success factors for high-performing teams. Disney Institute facilitators will stretch your communication skills and develop your collective creativity, as well as help you recognize achievements. Following each team activity, we provide a debriefing where our Disney leaders show you how to adapt what you have learned to your specific work environment.

Ask your Sales Manager how Disney Institute can build even more value for your meeting or conference at the Disneyland® Resort.

Open Enrollment

Newly added one day Open Enrollment programs are now available at the Disneyland® Resort! One day programs for each of the five core business principles have been scheduled back to back for you to choose a one day or even a five day experience. Business professionals can learn the secrets and apply those proven business practices at their own organizations. Click here for the available program dates and to register.