Training for a Role in the Show

Screenshot from the old (1984) In Search of Excellence video documentary. The book published in 1982.

Training for a Role in the Show, above, a Disney Trainer and a Disney Trainee ride an empty Jungle Cruise boat for several days to learn the spiel and mannerisms necessary to transport Guests from reality to a true-life jungle adventure during the 10-minute cruise.

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What can you expect from yourself?

inspirational phrase — It translates to, “The work of art is me.” From the Miami Art District.

Disney’s world-class Customer Service reputation is driven by our fanatical attention to every detail – from over-focusing on the same things others under-focus on or ignore.

Session attendees should expect to learn about these aspects of professional development:

Focus on the power of a great customer service reputation
Discover Disney’s customer service framework
Gain insight into how a customer service culture is created, maintained, strengthened and perpetuated

This day of Disney training uses common-sense business insights and time-tested examples from Jeff’s 30+ year Disney career to inspire leaders and organizations to rethink, reprioritize, and recommit to their own customer experience using Disney principles as their guide.

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Train like you mean it

Disney Keynote Speaker — The new, contracted employee is doing a wonderful job of learning on the job.

Helping others is why we exist.

Working together magnifies individual effort.

Magnified effort delivers a deeper and broader result.

You are given a fish and you are fed for the day.

You are taught to fish and you feed yourself for a lifetime.

You pass this on (teach others) and there is a positive ripple effect.

Helping perpetuates itself.

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Training is tangible, development is not

Famous Disney Cast Member — The Mayor of Main Street USA and a much lesser known Disney Institute Cast Member.

Training is tangible, development is not.

Let me say that again.

Training is tangible.

Development is not tangible.

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Involvement, Disney-style

Florida vanity license plate — Committed to creating a video asset library. Photo from yesterday morning.

Videographer Orlando — There was one moment in my keynote speech where he heard something that prompted watery eyes. It may have been a blind spot.

Involvement, Disney-style…

What’s the difference between training and development?

What’s the difference between compliance and commitment?

This is the essential distinction:

Train for compliance, develop for commitment.

The difference between a compliant versus a committed worker is staggering.

Not developing your people is criminal.

Development is not training. Development can be as simple as telling someone about a glaring and longterm blindspot – it happened to me in 2008 and it changed the trajectory of my Disney career.

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