Unlock Your Design Leadership Playbook
4.5
(5 ratings)
2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Design isn't one-size-fits-all, create a leadership playbook unique to your superpowers, team needs, and organizational dynamics.
Unlock Your Design Leadership Playbook
4.5
(5 ratings)
2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Design isn't one-size-fits-all, create a leadership playbook unique to your superpowers, team needs, and organizational dynamics.
Course overview
Lead with confidence, creativity, and in community.
Leading design teams isn’t about following a one-size-fits-all playbook.
In this 2-week course, you will unlock your design leadership voice, style, and approach by building on your superpowers, adapting best practices to your team’s unique needs, and leveraging tangible tools to cultivate a creative culture authentic to you and your organization.
Who is this course for
01
Early career design leaders who want to level up their leadership confidence and craft
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First-time design managers who want to build their foundational design leadership and management skills
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Senior/lead designers who want to grow into team leadership and/or design management roles
What you’ll get out of this course
A clear understanding and articulation of your leadership superpowers
Identify, synthesize, and articulate your leadership voice, style, and approach. You'll walk away with tangible tools that will enable you to revisit and reflect on how these qualities evolve over time.
Best practices and frameworks for building impactful and inclusive team relationships
Learn and practice how to model vulnerability, listen with empathy, and set transparent expectations with your team. You'll walk away with tangible tools to help you build trust with your team and conduct more effective 1:1s.
Models and methods for cultivating a creative and inspiring design culture
Decode and deconstruct the mechanics of designing team critiques and creative rituals. You'll walk away with tangible tools to guide your next design critique and design creative rituals for your team.
Mindsets and strategies to establish influence and impact as a design leader within your organization
Understand and apply strategies that will enable you to effectively manage up and facilitate alignment within your organization. You'll walk away with tangible tools to help you mobilize design across your organization and map spheres of influence.
Unlock Your Design Leadership Playbook
Course syllabus
Week 1
Jan 9—Jan 14
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneModules
- Module 1: Uncover Your Leadership SuperpowersModule 1: Uncover Your Leadership Superpowers4 Lessons • 2 Projects
- Module 2: Build Relationships with Your TeamModule 2: Build Relationships with Your Team5 Lessons • 1 Project
Week 2
Jan 15—Jan 20
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneModules
- Module 3: Build Creative CultureModule 3: Build Creative Culture4 Lessons • 2 Projects
- Module 4: Establish Influence and ImpactModule 4: Establish Influence and Impact5 Lessons • 2 Projects
4.5
(5 ratings)
What students are saying
Meet your instructor
Tiffany Chen
Tiffany is a seasoned design leader with a decade of experience leading multidisciplinary design, research, and content teams. She is passionate about modeling and uplifting design-led leadership that centers empathy, community, and inspiration.
She is a former IDEO design director and has partnered a diverse portfolio of leading organizations to drive individual, team, and organizational transformation through learning, coaching, and mentorship.
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Unlock Your Design Leadership Playbook
Course schedule
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Week 1 // Tuesday
1pm - 3pm EST / 10am - 12pm PST
Uncover and define your design leadership superpowers
- Identify, synthesize, and articulate your leadership superpowers.
- You'll walk away with tangible tools that will enable you to revisit and reflect on how these qualities evolve over time.
Week 1 // Thursday
1pm - 3pm EST / 10am - 12pm PST
Build impactful and inclusive relationships with your design team
- Learn and practice how to model vulnerability, listen with empathy, and set transparent expectations with your team.
- You'll walk away with tangible tools to help you conduct more effective 1:1s
Week 2 // Tuesday
1pm - 3pm EST / 10am - 12pm PST
Build a culture of creative excellence & inspiration
- Decode and deconstruct the mechanics of designing team critiques and creative rituals.
- You'll walk away with tangible tools to guide your next design critique and design creative rituals for your team.
Week 2 // Thursday
1pm - 3pm EST / 10am - 12pm PST
Establish influence and impact within your organization
- Understand and apply strategies that will enable you to effectively manage up and facilitate alignment within your organization.
- You'll walk away with tangible tools to help you mobilize design across your organization.
1:1 Coaching Session (for early signup)
30 min
The first 5 people to sign up will receive a complimentary 30 min coaching session.
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you