Leadership Development Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities: Design Leadership:

• Consults with senior leadership, Client Engagement teams and HRG leaders to identify learning/developmental gaps and their root causes
• Design and roll out leadership development products and programs in support of delivering a best in class curriculum for leadership at Target
• Curate, design and develop leadership development solutions for Target’s first-time ,mid-level and senior leaders across multiple audience segments
• Researches to understand industry best practices to discover important innovations and trends in leadership trends and learning. Applies these new methods, when feasible, to advance the learning experience

• Responsible / leads the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of key Leadership Development projects
• Obtains necessary resources for the project team's success. Based on the needs, decisions on vendor engagement or in house solutions will need to be taken
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal and external business partners, vendors and consultants
• Controls expenditures to meet project budgets and handles the learning budgets for LD

• Identifying key organizational, environmental, cultural and human factors; considering client input; and assessing current/future performance.
• Partner extensively with talent management, Client Engagement and Mnpls LD teams to reimagine offerings and experiences, identify vendor partnerships and delivery vehicles that enable high-performing teams, future leadership pipeline, and elevate continuous learning culture
• Gather insights and data about our current and future leadership talent to inform the development needs of the future
• Uses this data, plus outside research, to formulate both short and long-term learning strategies for all leadership levels

• Use design thinking to deeply understand leaders’ challenges, needs, and wants in support of developing strategies, products and services that build capability and enhance and elevate the team member experience.
• Uses appropriate instructional tactics, tools and media to meet the design objectives.
• Plans and directs implementation for Leadership Development experiences and programs, creating support materials and job aids when needed.

• Evaluates the effectiveness of learning products and programs by designing approaches to measure learners' reactions, the amount of learning and application that took place, and the impact behaviors and capabilities
• Identify and amplify stories of impact to showcase proof points of what's working well and how it is impacting leadership development and growth through data

• Supervises the Training Coordinator
• Delegates and distributes work as needed
• Helps coordinate and set priorities for learning activities
• Coaches new team members and peers to improve their professional skills

• Coaches/mentors existing and future leaders on leadership skills and capabilities
• Engages with leaders to drive learning during offsites and events

• Working knowledge and experience of at least 5+ years on end to end Leadership Development of senior leadership/ C Suite.
• Current knowledge of high-impact learning and development practices including understanding of leadership development trends
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence without authority across a variety of teams
• Ability to drive enterprise change and passion for continuous learning
• Expert level facilitation skills for senior leadership and people leaders.
• Experience creating content for virtual learning technologies and platforms
• Experience applying design thinking to leadership development solutions
• Experience developing program strategies and products that are scalable and sustainable in a high growth business environment
• Excellent project management skills including planning work, managing details, keeping multiple tasks/projects on track, using time well, and doing whatever it takes to deliver outstanding results
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to facilitate and present in both large and small group settings
• Prior experience leading a team preferred
• Coaching certification and/or assessment certifications preferred
• 7+ years of experience in HR program or product design, leadership development, learning and development or talent management
• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited Universities required, Masters a plus