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How to design Leadership Development programs that create lasting change

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September 30, 2025

9:00-10:30 AM – 316 Brookview Pkwy S, Golden Valley, MN 55426

According to various studies, a significant portion of leadership development programs are considered to fail, with estimates ranging from 70% to 80% of programs not achieving their desired outcomes, meaning a large majority of leadership development initiatives are not considered successful. The 3 key reasons come down to lack of measurement, poor design and limited follow-up. Join us as we work through a framework that has consistently proven to have significant ROI for leaders and the culture shift our clients have been striving for. We’ll unlock 25 years of experience in program design to help you create investments that pay off.

Meet our Presenters

Tammy Krings, CEO, Master Certified Leadership Coach, The Conversations That Matter

Tammy has been studying people all her life. With an early curiosity for human dynamics, she has built a business helping leaders and teams experience workplace transformation. She has created programs for sustainable change that match the business’s greatest growth needs. Tammy accelerates the learningand connection with everyone in her programs. Tammy had the great fortune of working for Inscape Publishing (now Wiley) training thousands of business owners and leaders how to integrate Everything DiSC into their L & D programs.  She is intimately familiar with the depths of the tool and how it can truly help teams see each other in a new, more meaningful way.

Ava Goepfert, Sr Facilitator & Leadership Coach 

Ava connects theory to application and brings the people dynamic alive during her workshops and coaching sessions. She’s led dozens of teams of all sizes from first-line employees to executive teams through both virtual and in-person facilitations that get to the heart of what matters most. Her focus on uncovering what’s holding each of us back as leaders, teams, and organizations has helped dozens of companies ensure they are making space to honor both relationships and results. Her classroom experience as a college instructor and as a certified Narrative Coach Practitioner means she can bring the research and the powerful questions to address the toughest people problems in business. 

The Conversations That Matter, based in Minneapolis, is the expert in developing healthy leaders who transform teams and create thriving workplaces. TCTM specializes in custom team workshops, leadership development programs, and executive coaching.

By registering for this event, you consent to the use of your image and likeness in photographs and videos taken at the event. These images may be used by ATD-GTC for promotional purposes, including but not limited to, social media, website, and printed materials. 

Modernwell is a members-only coworking space. We are excited to hold our events in their beautiful space, but can not extend access beyond the event time. Once the event ends, all attendees are expected to depart the building OR they can purchase a day pass at a discounted rate of $30 for the remainder of the day. Please stop by the ModernWell front desk before or after the event to purchase your pass.

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ATD-GTC New and Prospective Member Welcome – October 2025

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October 10, 2025

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Virtual Event

New to ATD Greater Twin Cities or curious about our chapter programming? We’d like to invite you to a new member welcome and orientation so that you can take advantage of everything that our local chapter has to offer.

Spend an hour with us to learn about our various communities of practice, series of events, and ways to get involved so that you can get involved, meet other practitioners, and experience the joy of learning with ATD-GTC!

This program is FREE for all to attend.

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ATD-GTC New and Prospective Member Welcome – November 2025

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November 14, 2025

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Virtual Event

New to ATD Greater Twin Cities or curious about our chapter programming? We’d like to invite you to a new member welcome and orientation so that you can take advantage of everything that our local chapter has to offer.

Spend an hour with us to learn about our various communities of practice, series of events, and ways to get involved so that you can get involved, meet other practitioners, and experience the joy of learning with ATD-GTC!

This program is FREE for all to attend.

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The Joy of Learning: ATD GTC Community Connection 

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November 18, 2025

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM – In-Person @ Brookview Golden Valley

Free for all ATD GTC members

Future Skills, Bigger Impact: Discuss The Next Chapter of L&D

This session is designed to help you connect with fellow L&D professionals in ways that are authentic, energizing, and purposeful. Instead of surface-level networking, you’ll join guided conversations that spark new thinking, surface practical ideas, and build lasting professional connections.

Through three rounds of small-group “Impact Exchange Circles,” you’ll meet new people, share perspectives, and explore how L&D can grow its influence, prepare the workforce for what’s next, and future-proof ourselves as professionals.

Members of your ATD-GTC Board and Ambassador team will host and facilitate this event. You’ll leave with fresh insights, new connections, and a clearer sense of how to expand your own impact in the field.

Agenda

  • 9:00 – 9:10 Welcome, Chapter Updates & Meet the Leaders
  • 9:10 – 10:25 Impact Exchange Circles – 3 Rounds
  • 10:25 – 10:45 Gallery Walk & Playback
  • 10:45 – 10:55 Participant Takeaways and “aha” moments
  • 10:55 – 11:00 Closing & Next Steps

By registering for this event, you consent to the use of your image and likeness in photographs and videos taken at the event. These images may be used by ATD-GTC for promotional purposes, including but not limited to, social media, website, and printed materials.

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ATD Book Banter Community of Practice – Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving 

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November 20, 2025

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM – Virtual

*You do NOT need to read the book to attend. You, your ideas, and your experiences are enough.

What if working harder isn’t the answer? In Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee challenges the toxic hustle mindset that dominates modern workplaces. Drawing on history, social science, and personal stories, she shows how our obsession with busyness leaves us burned out, disconnected, and less effective in the very roles we value most. Instead, she makes a compelling case for reclaiming rest, joy, and human connection as essential to thriving—not just surviving—at work and in life.

As professionals in Talent Development, this conversation hits close to home. We know the pressure to deliver results, drive performance, and model productivity for others. But what if our greatest impact comes not from doing more, but from doing less with greater intention? Join us for this month’s ATD Book Banter to explore Headlee’s provocative ideas and discuss how “doing nothing” might unlock healthier teams, stronger engagement, and more meaningful growth.

This program is FREE for all ATD-GTC members. Members may bring one complimentary, registered guest. 

By registering for this event, you consent to the use of your image and likeness in photographs and videos taken at the event. These images may be used by ATD-GTC for promotional purposes, including but not limited to, social media, website, and printed materials. 

Meet Our Facilitators:

Benjamin Borchert coaches and trains professionals like you on how to give more compelling, engaging, and memorable remote presentations. Benjamin delivers coaching & workshops from his home office in Minneapolis—where he likes to read, play music, and spend time with his wife, two kids, and dog. 

Michelle Kelly, is passionate about helping leaders and companies develop and retain their most valuable assets: people. As the founder of Empowering Performance, Inc., she and her team create engaging learning experiences that impact individual, team, and organizational performance. When not traveling, Michelle enjoys life in Northfield with her family and lots of books.

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December: Leadership Development Community of Practice – Building High-Performing Leaders: Using Simulations to Drive Results and Culture 

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December 3, 2025

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM – Modernwell

This event is limited to 30 participants.

Most leadership training stops at discussion. Real growth happens when leaders practice making decisions under pressure. In this interactive session, you’ll experience a live simulation, learn the core design moves behind behavior change, and see where simulations deliver ROI and where they go wrong. You’ll leave with a simple blueprint you can apply to your organization’s toughest leadership challenges.

You’ll walk away able to:

  • Recognize when simulations are the right solution (and when they’re not) to maximize your investment in leader development.  
  • See why simulations accelerate real leadership growth and how they deliver measurable ROI beyond traditional training.
  • Spot the common pitfalls that make simulations feel like “games” instead of behavior-change tools.
  • Apply a simple blueprint for turning your real leadership challenges into simulation-ready learning experiences.

Meet our Presenter:

Jalaal Madyun is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and learning designer who helps senior leaders build high-performing teams by strengthening the relationships that drive results.

Over the past 14 years, he has trained and coached more than 10,000 leaders across professional services, financial services, and health care. He has led enterprise-wide initiatives redefining leadership expectations and developed large-scale leadership simulations, including an in-person competition simulation for 4,000 consulting leaders and a leadership simulation that blended in-person exercises with eLearning branching to personalize learning paths in real time.

As the founder of Core Connections Leadership Institute™, Jalaal equips leaders and organizations with proprietary frameworks, assessments, and workshops that balance the hard business metrics with the human side of leadership.

He is an ICF-certified coach, university instructor for the University of Minnesota’s Professional Development programs, and a frequent speaker on leadership, coaching, and organizational development.

This program is FREE for all ATD-GTC members. Members may bring one complimentary, registered guest. 

By registering for this event, you consent to the use of your image and likeness in photographs and videos taken at the event. These images may be used by ATD-GTC for promotional purposes, including but not limited to, social media, website, and printed materials.  

Modernwell is a members-only coworking space. We are excited to hold our events in their beautiful space, but can not extend access beyond the event time. Once the event ends, all attendees are expected to depart the building OR they can purchase a day pass at a discounted rate of $30 for the remainder of the day. Please stop by the ModernWell front desk before or after the event to purchase your pass.

Register for the Event