Denver Leadership Experience
Executive Leadership Development for Complex Business Challenges
Leadership today requires more than knowing what to do next. It requires the ability to navigate uncertainty, align people around priorities, make better decisions, and turn strategy into action.
The Denver Leadership Experience (DLX) is an applied executive leadership development program designed for senior leaders who want to strengthen their leadership effectiveness while addressing the challenges they are facing in their organizations right now.
Through a two-session format, real-world application, executive coaching, and peer learning, DLX helps leaders move from insight to action—and from individual leadership growth to organizational impact.
Upcoming Session Details
Date & Time
Winter Cohort: Session 1: Monday, December 7 - Wednesday, December 9, 2026 | 8:30am- 4:00pm
Session 2: Tuesday, January 26 - Wednesday, January 27, 2027 8:30am- 4:00pm
Format
In person at the University of Denver campus
Cost
$6,880 per participant
Discounts
A 15% discount is available for nonprofits, current or former military, government, DU alumni, Daniels corporate partners and three or more individuals from the same organization.
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Lead Through Complexity. Create Meaningful Business Impact
Senior leaders are being asked to solve increasingly complex problems while leading through constant change. DLX is designed to help senior leaders strengthen the capabilities that matter most when the path forward isn't always clear.
Navigate Change & Uncertainty
Build the adaptability, perspective, and leadership presence needed to make sound decisions in a rapidly changing environment.dership conversations
Build High-performing Teams
Strengthen collaboration, engagement, accountability, and trust so your people can perform at their best.
Turn Strategy into Execution
Develop contextual, strategic, and systems-thinking capabilities to understand complex challenges and identify opportunities for action.
Develop and Retain Talent
Create a leadership environment where talented people are engaged, developed, and motivated to contribute.
Solve Complex Business Challenges
Apply leadership frameworks and new ways of thinking to the challenges you are facing in your organization today.
Network with Senior Leaders across Industries
Build meaningful relationships with a diverse community of senior leaders who bring different industries, experiences, and perspectives to the table. Exchange ideas, share challenges, and learn from how other leaders are navigating complexity—creating connections that can continue to provide insight and value well beyond the program.
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the Denver Leadership Experience.
The Framework: Insight → Application → Impact
DLX is built around a signature learning arc that connects leadership development directly to the workplace. Participants engage in two focused sessions with an intentional application period in between.
01 CONNECT & EXPLORE: Create space for deep learning, reflection, and connection.
Participants engage with leadership frameworks, practical tools, faculty, coaches, and peers to better understand themselves as leaders and strengthen the capabilities they need to lead through complexity.
Focus areas include:
- Leadership effectiveness and the Daniels Leadership Model
- Self-awareness and self-management
- Leadership presence, authenticity, and agility
- Neuroleadership
- Building high-performing teams
- Leading for engagement
- Mindfulness, focus, and energy management
- Contextual intelligence
- Strategic and systems thinking
- Coaching and leadership conversations
02 - APPLY & INTEGRATE: Take learnings back to the workplace.
The application period gives participants time to test new ideas, behaviors, and tools within their own leadership and organizational context.
You might apply a new approach to a difficult team dynamic, rethink a strategic challenge, experiment with a different way of leading change, or identify a leadership behavior that could improve your effectiveness.
Participants also meet virtually with a coach, creating dedicated time to reflect on their leadership effectiveness, work through challenges, and identify opportunities for continued growth.
The goal isn't simply to learn something new. It's to discover what happens when you put it into practice.
03 - REFINE & CROSSEXAMINE: Share your experience and learn from peers.
When the cohort reconvenes, participants bring back what they tested, what they learned, where they saw progress, and where they encountered challenges.
That experience becomes part of the learning.
Together with faculty and peers, participants reflect, troubleshoot, deepen their understanding, and refine their approach to the leadership challenges they are facing.
The result is a learning experience shaped by real leadership—not hypothetical scenarios.
04 - BOOST ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT: Foster better business outcomes.
The work continues beyond the program.
Participants leave with greater clarity about their leadership, practical tools they can continue to use, and an Individual Development Plan that connects personal growth with organizational priorities.
Insight becomes application. Application becomes progress. Progress creates impact.
Key Faculty
Jenny Dobmeier
Jenny Dobmeier is a professor at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business and Founder and CEO of Fuse, LLC. She teaches global business, strategic marketing, innovation, digital marketing, and supply chain management, drawing on leadership experience at Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company. Jenny holds degrees in physics, engineering, and business, and is passionate about developing innovative leaders who drive meaningful impact within their organizations.
Mia Elizardi
Mia Elizardi is an adjunct faculty in executive education at the Daniels College of Business. Mia teaches in several custom and public leadership programs, focusing on talent development, organizational dynamics, coaching and company culture. Mia also serves as an internal consultant within human resources at DU, providing career coaching and overseeing the performance management program. Mia is a dynamic leader bringing 15 years of experience across higher education, nonprofits and healthcare as a coach and consultant. She is a Senior Certified Professional in Human Resources (SHRM-SCP), a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), and a Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP)..
More Details
Are you a DU staff member looking to register for credit?: Visit our Registration for DU Staff page.
Admissions Requirements
This program is designed for experienced professionals who are currently leading a team, enterprise or global initiatives, or major projects in a company or organization. The program requires a 15-minute phone assessment that can be scheduled here.
Ideal candidates:
- Are senior leaders
- Have seven-plus years of direct people-management experience
- Are leaders working on the enterprise (organization-wide) level
Leaders with fewer than seven years of experience are eligible for the Accelerated Leadership Experience.
If taking the program for academic credit, unofficial transcripts of past college-level work are required. Please note that the registration deadline is three weeks prior to the program’s start date.
Cancellation Policy
We understand that sometimes life throws curveballs-and plans change. If you're unable to attend your program, we offer flexible options to help you or your organization still benefit from the experience. Because our workshops are designed for small, high-impact cohorts, last-minute changes can be disruptive. Our policies aim to balance flexibility for you with the commitments we make to our faculty, facilitators, and fellow participants.
For questions, please contact us at executive.education@du.edu.
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