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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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Thank Your TeamThank Your Team
It’s that time of year again, at least in the United States: The leaves are falling, the turkey is calling, and...
Ashley Perry
Nov 15, 2021
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The ART of Leadership DevelopmentThe ART of Leadership Development
Editor's Note: This post was updated in 2026. Developing leaders takes more than a one-size-fits-all process. Leaders...
Amanda Young Hickman
Nov 3, 2021
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Leadership Development for Individual ContributorsLeadership Development for Individual Contributors
Employees are often promoted to their first leadership position as a result of their performance as individual...
Krista Campbell
Oct 19, 2021
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Whoops!: Our Unplanned Social Experiment in Gender BiasesWhoops!: Our Unplanned Social Experiment in Gender Biases
A riddle, presented to Archie Bunker in the television show All in the Family, left me befuddled as a child in the...
Leslie Becknell Marx
Oct 5, 2021
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Insight Experience: Winner of Three 2021 Brandon Hall AwardsInsight Experience: Winner of Three 2021 Brandon Hall Awards
Insight Experience is delighted to announce the acceptance of three prestigious 2021 Brandon Hall Awards. The Brandon...
Julie Danielson
Sep 14, 2021
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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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Your Chance to Eavesdrop at our Virtual Water Cooler!Your Chance to Eavesdrop at our Virtual Water Cooler!
One of the elements that is often absent from virtual leadership development programs is the lively “oh, by the way”...
Kristin Leydig Bryant
Aug 25, 2021
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Business Acumen CuratedBusiness Acumen Curated
Having an increased literacy in business acumen concepts helps leaders and individuals alike make sense of the...
Krista Campbell
Aug 17, 2021
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Simulations as a Practice Field for BusinessSimulations as a Practice Field for Business
At Insight Experience, we believe in the value of using the business simulation methodology to teach business acumen...
Krista Campbell
Aug 3, 2021
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