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Business Acumen
Why Every Employee Needs Business Acumen Click to view Why Every Employee Needs Business Acumen
Business acumen is the understanding of what drives a business’s performance. It combines knowledge of how a business makes money; how different parts of an organization work together to drive performance; and awareness of its markets, competitors, and customers. Business acumen...
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Business Simulation
Learning to Lead Together: Cohort-Based Simulations Click to view Learning to Lead Together: Cohort-Based Simulations
Every time a program wraps, we look forward to the written comments. Some participants write a sentence. One recently (and cheerfully) apologized for the length of their answers ("See my book above"). We read every chapter.
Here are two recent favorites:
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Leadership
The Human Side of Leadership: 5 Truths from 25 Years Click to view The Human Side of Leadership: 5 Truths from 25 Years
We started a leadership development company 25 years ago with a core belief: Great leaders bring both business acumen and human empathy to their task.
Leaders need to make courageous, creative business decisions and nurture and empower their teams and organizations to bring...
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As a new leader, building a culture of consistent feedback can feel like a lofty goal. We all know that culture doesn’t...
Bethany Bremer
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We all know that customer service, or keeping our paying customers satisfied, matters. External customer service...
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Many leaders find themselves getting stuck in the weeds: focusing on executing projects, handling tasks themselves, or...
Bethany Bremer
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Before joining the ranks of the so-called Great Reshuffle, you may want to think twice. Have you truly learned...
Bethany Bremer
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Why Does Mentorship Matter?Why Does Mentorship Matter?
Although mentorship is a hot topic in some leadership and development circles, it's largely viewed as a nice-to-have...
Bethany Bremer
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Building Trust Through the Business Cycle of Leadership™Building Trust Through the Business Cycle of Leadership™
Editor's Note: This post references events from 2020 as a case study in crisis leadership. The lessons on trust,...
Bethany Bremer
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It's About TimeIt's About Time
Why is it that some Fridays find us feeling proud of our productivity, while other weeks we barely make it to Wednesday...
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