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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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It's About TimeIt's About Time
Why is it that some Fridays find us feeling proud of our productivity, while other weeks we barely make it to Wednesday...
Bethany Bremer
Nov 30, 2021
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Leadership Development for Individual ContributorsLeadership Development for Individual Contributors
Employees are often promoted to their first leadership position as a result of their performance as individual...
Krista Campbell
Oct 19, 2021
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Delegation Dilemma: Can you really delegate to every type of player?Delegation Dilemma: Can you really delegate to every type of player?
Leaders of all levels are faced with a daily decision: to delegate or not to delegate. The temptation to complete work...
Karen Maxwell Powell
May 11, 2021
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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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