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Developing New Leaders
Practical Tips for New Leaders: The Essential Mindset Shift Click to view Practical Tips for New Leaders: The Essential Mindset Shift
One of the biggest surprises for new leaders is not the workload. It is how fundamentally different the work becomes.
Early in your career, success is tied to personal execution. You are rewarded for solving problems, moving quickly, and producing results yourself. Your time is...
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Why Great Leaders Don’t Fear Mistakes: Yours or Your Team’s Click to view Why Great Leaders Don’t Fear Mistakes: Yours or Your Team’s
Heat creeps up your face, a cold sweat breaks across your body, your heart pounds in your chest: You’ve made a mistake. Every leader knows that feeling. The embarrassment is immediate. It doesn’t feel like it yet, but you’ve just gained the most powerful tool in life and...
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Insights & Analytics
How to Measure Leadership Development ROI Click to view How to Measure Leadership Development ROI
Leadership development is a significant investment, but when an executive asks if it’s working, can you answer with confidence?
Too often, program sponsors walk away from a leadership initiative with participant satisfaction scores and not much else. Insight Experience's ...
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Executive Leadership Simulations: Closing the Gap Between Strategy and ExecutionExecutive Leadership Simulations: Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution
Most executive teams invest enormous effort in getting the strategy right. Far less energy goes into preparing leaders...
Karen Maxwell Powell
May 19, 2026
4 Min Read
Your Guide to Bringing Strategic Leadership to Life, Part 3Your Guide to Bringing Strategic Leadership to Life, Part 3
Note: This is the third and last post in the Bringing Strategic Leadership to Life series. Head here for the first post...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Feb 25, 2025
8 Min Read
Leadership Lessons From the Political Divide: Turning Conflict into SuccessLeadership Lessons From the Political Divide: Turning Conflict into Success
It is a presidential election year in the United States, and political messaging is growing louder and more frequent as...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Oct 29, 2024
4 Min Read
Your Guide to Bringing Strategic Leadership to Life, Part 2Your Guide to Bringing Strategic Leadership to Life, Part 2
Note: This is the second post in the Bringing Strategic Leadership to Life series. Head here for the first post and here
Karen Maxwell Powell
Feb 6, 2024
4 Min Read
Your Guide to Bringing Strategic Leadership to LifeYour Guide to Bringing Strategic Leadership to Life
Note: This is the first post in the Bringing Strategic Leadership to Life series. Head here for the second post and here
Karen Maxwell Powell
Sep 19, 2023
4 Min Read
Insights That StickInsights That Stick
Editor's Note: Originally published June 29, 2022. Updated in 2026. *** Here at Insight Experience, we understand the...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Jun 28, 2022
3 Min Read
Delegation Dilemma: Can you really delegate to every type of player?Delegation Dilemma: Can you really delegate to every type of player?
Leaders of all levels are faced with a daily decision: to delegate or not to delegate. The temptation to complete work...
Karen Maxwell Powell
May 11, 2021
3 Min Read
Experiential Learning Is Impactful LearningExperiential Learning Is Impactful Learning
Leadership development programs, delivered virtually or in-person, often incorporate a variety of learning methods, but...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Feb 9, 2021
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The Unexpected Advantage of Virtual LearningThe Unexpected Advantage of Virtual Learning
The inclusion of senior executives in leadership development has long been the summit in program design.
Karen Maxwell Powell
Oct 14, 2020
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