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Transformation Leadership Development

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What is Transformation Leadership Development?

As global business and technology leaders endeavor to make their companies more agile in the face of uncertainty, change, challenge, and opportunity, one of the most significant challenges is the lack of an effective framework for Digital Transformation. This prevents them from being able to create and communicate a larger strategic vision, and align teams throughout their organizations to a new, IT-enabled business model.

The Feld Group Institute has created a unique program to assist senior-level business and IT leaders in transforming their organizations. The Transformation Leadership Development (TLD) program is an intensive program that empowers leaders with a proven framework and the essential skills to position their company for long-term competitiveness and sustainable growth. The curriculum draws heavily upon The Feld Group Institute leadership insights, operational experience, and time-tested strategic framework for enterprise success.

Whether you’re starting a new transformation journey, have inherited an existing effort, or are trying to get a transformation back on track, this class will provide you with the knowledge, skills and resources to meet your goals and allow you to join a community working on the same challenges.

Time to Think

Our Institute carries a deep belief that the only way to move forward is to pause and give yourself and your teammates the opportunity to zoom out, collaborate, and to think. Together, we will engage in working sessions, panel discussions, and some fun exercises that embody our shared vision, where each participant brings unique perspectives and expertise to the table. Your presence and contribution is integral to the success of this program.
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Course Details

Transformation Leadership Development (TLD)
Format
  • 3 Days, in person, Dallas, TX

The program is designed for Business and IT leaders who have significant responsibilities and have been identified as high potential within their organization. Executives in large organizations, experiencing significant business model shifts, or those dealing with extensive, legacy technical debt, will find this program exceptionally helpful. Specifically, this program is best suited for CIOs, CTOs, their direct reports, and their business partners.

Charlie Feld heads up the group of Feld Group Institute Affiliates, deeply experienced and expert IT operating professionals who have held CTO, CIO, and line leadership roles in major global corporations. Guest speakers, including industry experts and alumni from our Community, will also be added to enhance the learning experience.

This advanced course provides tools and techniques you need to impact enterprise-wide change and close the gap between strategy and execution.

  • Develop a common language to eliminate the blind spot between business and IT so that cross-functional leadership teams can effectively discuss complex issues
  • Create long term business strategies and plan for unexpected opportunities
  • Innovate at speed and scale
  • Communicate a vision across the enterprise
  • Orchestrate all the inter-related pieces of digital transformation
  • Plan the pacing and execution of your change agenda to ensure real impact.
    Also, participants who complete the program become part of an elite alumni community network and peer learning group which is supported by The Feld Group Institute after course work is concluded.
  • Gain an understanding of the Feld Group Institute Transformation Framework used to establish a crucial bridge between business and IT leadership.

Changing the Leadership Mindset

  • Introductions
  • Changing the Leadership Mindset
  • Zooming Out
  • The CIO as the Chief Integration Officer


Applying Systems Thinking

  • Establishing a Common Language: Feld Group Institute Transformation Framework
  • Architecture Matters for Speed and Agility
    • Business and Product Architecture
    • Technology Model and Enterprise Architecture
    • Data and Integration – The Digital Nervous System
    • AI Revolution and the Pervasive Impact
  • Enablers Make-or-Break Execution
    • Organization Structure and Governance
    • Connecting Investment to Value
    • Productivity and Efficiency
    • The Operating Model – Strategic Runway & Agile Delivery


The Continuous Transformation Journey

  • Continuous Transformation
  • Putting It In Motion
  • Next Steps: Call to Action

To apply or find out more information contact:

COO – Jon Feld ()
or Program Director – Brittany Butcher ()

What Graduates Say About This Program

"“The program reveals an IT framework that places firm posts for what an IT leader should be mindful of as they execute and operate within the profession. It provides a language and a set of principles which can be used to equip an IT organization to have a seat at the table of their business counterparts with a clear vision of a win-win engagement that will deliver results.”
- TLD Course Graduate
“You will not do more for your company and your career than attending the Feld Institute’s Transformation Leadership Program. No matter the number of conferences you have attended or articles you have read, nothing compares to the mind shift that is not only certain to occur within you but within the business once you put these learnings into practice with your top leadership team. My IT leadership team spent years attempting to reach the business and it all fell flat until we adopted the Feld framework. In under a 100 days the business not only heard us, but began to champion the cause for real transformation.”
David Johnson Director of IT Solution Optimization, Interstate Batteries
“The knowledge and skills and experience that Charlie and the Feld Group affiliates bring to the class is just amazing. It’s a great class! Be present and learn.”
Karen CarterSenior Director – Enterprise Data Delivery, Southwest Airlines
“Frameworks for corporate strategy, general management, and software development abound. What I’ve found consistently lacking is a comprehensive model for tying them all together in a relevant, practical fashion for business leaders in IT. I chose TLD in pursuit of such a model given the unique industry experiences and vantage points The Feld Group Institute cultivated.”
Brian McGrathSenior Vice President - Product Development, Tyler Technologies
“Excellent cross section of participants to provide unique perspectives and valuable insight. Eye opening to see how patterns are traceable across a diverse set of participants.”
- TLD Course Graduate
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Connect with Russell Villemez

Russell Villemez

Affiliate, The Feld Group Institute

Head of Technology Strategy, Dialexa – a Feld Group Institute partner

Highly regarded CTO and change agent with IT strategy and enterprise architecture expertise.

Russell Villemez is an Affiliate with the Feld Group Institute and the head of Technology Strategy at Dialexa, a Technology Research, Design and Creation firm that works with organizations on initiatives such as Operational Transformation, Business Growth, and New Venture Creation.

During 17 years in operational roles and 15 years in consulting roles, Russell has worked across a variety of industries in both executive leadership positions and as a subject matter expert. Russell thrives on the scale and complexity of leading major change agendas in large corporate environments.

Recent consulting clients include AmerisourceBergen, the American Automobile Association, Brinker International, Cubic, Equifax, and Cox Automotive. A common thread is the client’s need for strong leadership during a period of change—whether motivated by acquisitions, spin-offs, competitive pressures, or other factors. Clients also benefit from Russell’s expertise in enterprise architecture, agile development, application portfolio rationalization, technology and architecture strategy, as well as business strategy and commercial software product development.

Recognized as a versatile IT executive, adept at solving complex problems with innovative solutions, Russell’s capabilities and achievements span a continuum from business-strategy formation to hands-on IT solution development. His extensive career achievements include pioneering the first use of relational databases in high-volume transaction systems in the ‘80s, applying voice recognition DSPs in public intelligent network services for consumer markets in the ‘90s, and leading large-scale adoptions of open systems, object technology, and middleware frameworks in complex business environments, often in advance of commercially available software products.

Prior to joining Dialexa, Russell served at HP as Enterprise Services Chief Technology Officer for the Americas, leading a global capability for embedded Account CTOs in large enterprises. Russell began his career at Accenture, where he first crafted his consultative problem-solving approach, later honed at A.T. Kearny and the Feld Group. Russell’s deep telecom experience is built upon numerous director and enterprise architect positions at AT&T, Bell Atlantic, Telstra, US West, Pacific Bell, and Sprint, and as V.P. and CIO for WebLink Wireless.

Russell has a BS in Business Administration from Louisiana State University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. In his spare time, Russell participates in amateur auto racing, and is a driving instructor with the Porsche Club of America.