The Five Essential Messages for Leadership Action and Results

Facilitated by Jon Titus, Boys Town

If your aim is to positively affect the skills of leaders so they can positively affect

organizational results, this session is for you. This month, we place effective learning

for leaders under the microscope.

More leadership training destroys value than leadership training that builds value.

How do you position your organization best to deliver the training where participants

learn AND go on to apply the learning? There are five essential messages to convey

to participants – and more importantly, the supervisors of the participants – to make

training make a difference by achieving desired results.

Participants will be able to refine their messages to their learners and their learners’

supervisors which can lead to significantly improved organizational results.

Jon Titus serves Boys Town as a Senior Organization Development Consultant.

He’s been in this full-time role for two years. He’s also in his twelfth year of part-time

teaching for Bellevue University in Management and HR.

Professionally speaking:

In addition to leading Elevate, Boys Town’s first organization-wide leadership

development program, he advises two of the eight employee resource groups.

He’s an innovative facilitator, and he’s passionate about the doors that are

opened for life-long learners. He served on the ATD Nebraska board of directors

for six years (serving as VP of Education and then as President). He spoke at the

national ATD leadership conference on recognition and engagement, served on

the ATD Chapter Recognition Committee, and was a reviewer for two of their top

awards. Jon earned his MBA from the University of Iowa and earned the

designation of Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) from ATD.

Personally speaking:

Jon’s Mantra - The highest calling of any leader is to develop other leaders.

He and his wife, Yue, have been married 17 years and have two sons - Alex will

be a sophomore at Millard North, and Declan will be starting middle school at

Kiewit this fall. You should know Jon is a voracious reader and a serial volunteer

– including having received the Iowa Governor’s Award for Volunteerism. He

served in Bolivia as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, and most recently was

named Group Mentor of the Year by Partnership 4 Kids.