Professional Development Training Programs Often Overlook Two Main Thinking Paradigms
As I’ve noted in previous posts, creating hundreds of professional development training programs over the past two decades has led to the conclusion...
Using Business Performance Analytics to Identify Value Workers
Over the course of one hundred business simulations, my team and I documented patterns of thought that helped us identify individuals we call Value...
Know Your User: What Rihanna Can Teach Us about UX
This fall, pop and style icon Rihanna launched Fenty Beauty. The new cosmetics line features a foundation in 40 unique shades across an exceptional...
Four Top Factors That Derail Corporate Leadership Training
Last week, I posted about the four primary derailers we commonly encounter when implementing corporate leadership training programs - bias,...
Is Your Corporate Leadership Training Being Derailed? Four Ways to Improve Focus in Business Simulations.
Derailers are the primary reason why employees make poor decisions and lose focus during corporate leadership training programs. They can impact...
Are Training and Professional Development Leaders Being Replaced by Machines?
Computers rarely make mistakes, they don’t let emotions and biases affect their decisions, and they are generally faster and definitely more logical...
Seeing Through the Chaos: A Case Study in Complexity and Executive Leadership Development
A few years ago, I received an early morning call from a colleague, Beth, the COO of a large corporation, whose situation exemplified the complex...
Can Game of Thrones Inform Leadership and Management Training?
Game of Thrones is a highly entertaining series, but the value of this show goes beyond entertainment; there are lessons to be learned as well. Here...
Linear Thinking and Corporate Leadership Training
“Failure does not strike like a bolt from the blue,” said Dietrich Dörner, emeritus professor of General and Theoretical Psychology at Otto-Friedrich...
How Design Thinking Creates More Effective Leadership Training
As a recent summer intern at The Regis Company, it quickly became apparent to me that design thinking played an integral part in building effective...
My A-Ha Moment That Led to More Effective Simulation Training
In previous posts, I’ve talked about The Regis Company’s focus on “how to think” simulation training, versus traditional “what to think” corporate...
Industry Specific Simulation Training - Walk a Mile in Your Client’s Shoes
“Auditing firms must fully comprehend the industries of their clients,” said Walter E Jospin, Director of the SEC’s Atlanta Regional Office. Or else...