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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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Influencing Without Authority - 3 Skills for LeadingInfluencing Without Authority - 3 Skills for Leading
In many organizations, lines of authority and reporting are complex. You may have more than one boss or be tasked with...
Pamela Roller
Mar 9, 2016
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6 Business Acumen Concepts Managers Should Know6 Business Acumen Concepts Managers Should Know
You’ve heard the expressions before: “Cash is king” and “Cash is the lifeblood of a company.” Sounds sensible, but...
Ned Wasniewski
Feb 10, 2016
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4 Tips for Executing Strategy in a Matrix Organization4 Tips for Executing Strategy in a Matrix Organization
Often leaders in a matrix organization are working with people from very different parts of the organization to focus...
Pamela Roller
Feb 4, 2016
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How Do You Learn to Lead?How Do You Learn to Lead?
Most of us learn to lead through apprenticeship. We watch role models, both good and bad. Some of us study the greats: ...
Amanda Young Hickman
Jan 19, 2016
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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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Surviving Market Cycles – Practice First!Surviving Market Cycles – Practice First!
Managing through business cycles – and there are many types of them – challenges even the most seasoned leaders....
Ned Wasniewski
Nov 10, 2015
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Mind Over Structure: 4 Secrets to Leading in a MatrixMind Over Structure: 4 Secrets to Leading in a Matrix
Amanda Young Hickman
Oct 21, 2015
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Inquiry or Advocacy for New LeadersInquiry or Advocacy for New Leaders
We work in fast-paced, changing organizations that have structures that are less and less … structured. To get work...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Sep 30, 2015
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The Two-Word Secret to Making the Matrix WorkThe Two-Word Secret to Making the Matrix Work
The matrix is here to stay. It’s an organizational structure that, when done right, that can be agile and responsive to...
Amanda Young Hickman
Sep 24, 2015
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