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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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Leading in a post-acquisition environmentLeading in a post-acquisition environment
CHALLENGE Our client recently closed an acquisition of a company larger in size, with largely complementary...
Amanda Young Hickman
Oct 17, 2017
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Five Misconceptions about Business SimulationsFive Misconceptions about Business Simulations
When you hear the term “business simulation," what comes to mind? Images of MBA case studies, computer-based games, or...
Ashley Perry
Oct 5, 2017
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Make learning last—increasing development ROIMake learning last—increasing development ROI
The Institute for Corporate Productivity recently completed a case study about Ford Motor Company’s Global Executive...
Amanda Young Hickman
Sep 6, 2017
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Why 70/20/10 learning doesn’t work as well as it couldWhy 70/20/10 learning doesn’t work as well as it could
The 70/20/10 Theory In any talent management discussion, it doesn’t take long for someone to invoke the 70-20-10...
Amanda Young Hickman
Aug 22, 2017
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A Strategy Execution Simulation in Four HoursA Strategy Execution Simulation in Four Hours
CHALLENGE To accelerate its discussion of corporate strategy, a global industrial manufacturing leader engaged IE...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Aug 15, 2017
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Why is Financial Literacy Important for Leaders?Why is Financial Literacy Important for Leaders?
What Is Financial Literacy? Financial literacy is the ability to read and use common financial reports and ratios to...
Ned Wasniewski
Aug 8, 2017
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Is Your Strategy Execution Like a Changing of the Guard?Is Your Strategy Execution Like a Changing of the Guard?
If you have ever seen the “Changing of the Guard” at Buckingham Palace in London, you know that it is executed with...
Brad Peirce
Mar 23, 2017
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Trust in the WorkplaceTrust in the Workplace
"Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work." --Warren Bennis1
Ashley Perry
Mar 16, 2017
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The Danger of GPS for LeadershipThe Danger of GPS for Leadership
We are losing our ability to read maps. Thanks to navigation systems, Google maps, Waze and their like, most of us...
Amanda Young Hickman
Feb 22, 2017
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