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Managing Your Team After Layoffs: A Leader's Guide Click to view Managing Your Team After Layoffs: A Leader's Guide
So your company had a layoff and you weren’t impacted. I’d say congratulations, but that would sound hollow. I’ll say I know this is rough, and I’ve been there.
Here’s the thing: Layoffs (also called RIFs, or Reductions in Force) are a part of corporate culture, and they have...
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The Leadership Readiness Gap: Why Change Is Outpacing Your Leaders Click to view The Leadership Readiness Gap: Why Change Is Outpacing Your Leaders
Your organization is moving faster than ever. AI initiatives are launching, market conditions are shifting, and strategic priorities are evolving. Yet according to McLean & Company's 2026 HR Trends Report, 70% of organizations struggle with managing change (McLean & Company,...
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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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The Missing Link for Strategy ExecutionThe Missing Link for Strategy Execution
The concept of “cascading a strategy” is important, but incomplete. “Cascading Strategy” implies only a vertical...
Jean Williams
Feb 25, 2015
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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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