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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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Executive Leadership Simulations: Closing the Gap Between Strategy and ExecutionExecutive Leadership Simulations: Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution
Most executive teams invest enormous effort in getting the strategy right. Far less energy goes into preparing leaders...
Karen Maxwell Powell
May 19, 2026
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Learning to Leap: Balancing Your Functional Risk ToleranceLearning to Leap: Balancing Your Functional Risk Tolerance
Ed. Note: Originally published in 2016, this post was updated in April 2025. When most people think about risk...
Jamie Hayman
Apr 29, 2025
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Understanding Leadership Mindset: What Would Ted Lasso Do?Understanding Leadership Mindset: What Would Ted Lasso Do?
At Insight Experience we believe — and research suggests — that how you lead impacts the effectiveness of the operating...
Krista Campbell
Jul 25, 2023
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Why the Current Definition of Agile Leadership Falls ShortWhy the Current Definition of Agile Leadership Falls Short
Teaching new content at a leadership development program last summer, I concluded with the statement that leaders need...
Chris Holliday
Apr 4, 2023
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Insightful Ideas: Best of 2022Insightful Ideas: Best of 2022
It's that time of year! And, no, we don't mean hot cocoa, sweater weather, mistletoe, and menorahs (though we hope you...
Julie Danielson
Dec 13, 2022
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Insight Experience: One of Inc.’s “Best Workplaces 2021”Insight Experience: One of Inc.’s “Best Workplaces 2021”
We here at Insight Experience have an extra skip in our step these days, because we are thrilled to be included in Inc....
Krista Campbell
Jun 28, 2021
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Dealing With Disruptive Change: Lead With BalanceDealing With Disruptive Change: Lead With Balance
Disruptive innovation is everywhere, driving change in organizations at an accelerating pace and scale. Whether driven...
Nick Noyes
Aug 18, 2016
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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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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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