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The Perspective of Experience: 25 Years of Leadership Lessons Click to view The Perspective of Experience: 25 Years of Leadership Lessons
Insight Experience turns 25 this year. That means we have spent a quarter century with an extraordinary opportunity to observe the pressures and rewards of corporate leadership and to learn from leaders across hundreds of clients.
Our business simulation experiences focus on...
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Developing New Leaders
Practical Tips for New Leaders: 5 Lessons I've Learned Click to view Practical Tips for New Leaders: 5 Lessons I've Learned
Note: This is a post in the Practical Tips for New Leaders series. For more tips, learn about running effective meetings, working with senior leaders, and writing a strong email.
I’ve held formal leadership roles for four years, and I’m preparing to take responsibility for a...
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Leadership
From Burnout to AI: The 5 Leadership Questions That Defined 2025 Click to view From Burnout to AI: The 5 Leadership Questions That Defined 2025
Instead of ending the year with a list of “top posts,” we wanted to do something more useful: look across everything we wrote in 2025 and ask a simple question:
What were leaders really trying to figure out this year?
Across articles on AI, burnout, leading through change,...
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"Teach Not Tell": The Time-Saving Way to Build Your Team"Teach Not Tell": The Time-Saving Way to Build Your Team
Leaders have expressed for years how hard it is to find time to address those important-but-not-urgent tasks made...
Laurel Tyler
Dec 6, 2022
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When Time Is Money: Understanding Financial ReportingWhen Time Is Money: Understanding Financial Reporting
I teach financial acumen to senior leaders all over the world. Although financial regulations, cultural practices, and...
Laurel Tyler
Sep 13, 2022
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Focusing on the Small PictureFocusing on the Small Picture
When a client reaches out to us to discuss the creation of a Business Acumen leadership development course, they...
Laurel Tyler
Aug 31, 2021
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Why You Should Teach Strategic Finance to Your EmployeesWhy You Should Teach Strategic Finance to Your Employees
At Insight Experience our goal in business acumen leadership development programs is to increase participants’ fluency...
Laurel Tyler
Jul 28, 2021
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Lifting the Fog: Service Industry Business AcumenLifting the Fog: Service Industry Business Acumen
For the past two decades the service sector has been the fastest growing portion of the economy. Service businesses...
Laurel Tyler
Nov 25, 2015
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Business Simulations Transcend the “World’s Dumbest Idea”Business Simulations Transcend the “World’s Dumbest Idea”
A growing chorus of business leaders is questioning the singular notion of maximizing shareholder value. In a recent ...
Laurel Tyler
Apr 30, 2015
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Simulating Disruptive Events: Sony Couldn’t Happen HereSimulating Disruptive Events: Sony Couldn’t Happen Here
This December the world watched the hacking drama at Sony Pictures unfold, and the real world handed us a “disruptive...
Laurel Tyler
Jan 21, 2015
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Why Strategic Finance Is Fascinating—and EssentialWhy Strategic Finance Is Fascinating—and Essential
Who would have thought this would be the year terms like tax inversion and strategic finance became cocktail-party...
Laurel Tyler
Oct 22, 2014
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