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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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How to Retain Generation Z: Use LearningHow to Retain Generation Z: Use Learning
How do companies retain and nurture the talent of Gen Z? The answer: Offer interactive opportunities for learning.

Krista Campbell
Apr 20, 2021
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The Mother of all Leadership ExperiencesThe Mother of all Leadership Experiences
As a mom to children almost five years old and two years old, life at home is noisy, chaotic, and simultaneously...

Ashley Perry
Mar 23, 2021
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4 Signs Your New Leaders Need Development4 Signs Your New Leaders Need Development
As a leadership development professional, I am often asked about return on investment: “If I pull our leaders away...

Karen Maxwell Powell
Aug 12, 2019
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The Secret to Strategic Leadership for New LeadersThe Secret to Strategic Leadership for New Leaders
Strategy is the charter of senior leaders. Or so many people think.

Karen Maxwell Powell
Feb 7, 2017
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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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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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Leadership is SocialLeadership is Social
“Your social skills are good for something”. This was the headline earlier this week from one of my favorite email...

Nick Noyes
Sep 11, 2015
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Golfing with Two Clubs?Golfing with Two Clubs?
Making business decisions purely based on the numbers and economics is not that difficult. It’s when you add the human...
Jamie Hayman
Jun 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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