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What Learning to Code Taught Me About Leadership Click to view What Learning to Code Taught Me About Leadership
I recently came across a set of notes I wrote in 2023 while teaching myself to code at age 54. I never turned them into anything at the time. But rereading them now, two years later, I realized how much they taught me about learning, leadership, and persistence. Here’s what I...
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Leading Through AI: Managing the Business, People, and Tech Systems Click to view Leading Through AI: Managing the Business, People, and Tech Systems
Editor’s Note:This post grew out of a recent team conversation exploring the long-standing conceptual model of “Business System Over People System” introduced by Nick Noyes (read more about that in"The People System: Your Hidden Strategic Engine") and how the arrival of...
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The People System: Your Hidden Strategic Engine Click to view The People System: Your Hidden Strategic Engine
Editor’s Note: This post draws from a recent recorded conversation among longtime Insight Experience team members reflecting on a simple but powerful model first introduced by co-founder Nick Noyes. What began as a visual metaphor has evolved into a way of thinking about...
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Coaching for Business ResultsCoaching for Business Results
We all know that leaders are most successful if they are able to coach and develop their teams. For geographically...

Karen Maxwell Powell
Feb 11, 2015
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Accelerating First-Level Leader Development with SimulationsAccelerating First-Level Leader Development with Simulations
When it comes to developing new leaders, many organizations face a paradox. Thought it’s clear that first-level leaders...

Amanda Young Hickman
Feb 3, 2015
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How Simulations Help Leaders Find Their BalanceHow Simulations Help Leaders Find Their Balance
We see it all too often: top-level leaders who have all the strategic skills they need to make complicated business...

Amanda Young Hickman
Jan 23, 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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Balancing Leadership™: Strategic and Interpersonal SkillsBalancing Leadership™: Strategic and Interpersonal Skills
In today’s corporate environment, leaders are expected to wear many hats. We must be technical experts and strategic...

Amanda Young Hickman
Jan 13, 2015
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Two Behaviors That Hold New Leaders BackTwo Behaviors That Hold New Leaders Back
Stepping into a leadership role brings exciting new challenges—and demands a fresh set of skills. But success as a new...

Karen Maxwell Powell
Nov 21, 2014
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Are You a Balanced Leader?Are You a Balanced Leader?
Leadership is a great balancing act. It involves balancing the short- and long-term; investment and return; innovation...

Amanda Young Hickman
Nov 12, 2014
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Developing First-Level Leaders: Questions and AnswersDeveloping First-Level Leaders: Questions and Answers
Earlier this fall, my colleague Karen Maxwell Powell and I had the opportunity to share our perspectives on developing...

Amanda Young Hickman
Oct 30, 2014
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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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