Do Training and Professional Development Programs Focus Enough on Critical Thinking?
According to a 1997 report from Idaho, thousands of American deaths have been attributed to the chemical compound dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO), mainly...
Business Simulations for More Purposeful Thinking
About ten years ago, my colleagues and I realized that our challenge as learning and development consultants was to develop a technology that would...
Get in the Game. Tap Learning and Development Training Programs to Develop True Business Acumen.
Business acumen is one of those buzzwords that most people say they understand, but very few can concisely describe. In fact, I would be willing to...
Effective Leadership Training Turns Change Into Opportunity in the Healthcare Industry
As I discussed in my last post, The Regis Company’s partners in the healthcare space are faced with a changing landscape that presents unique,...
Mapping Impact for More Effective Leadership Training
About five years ago, my colleagues and I at The Regis Company created a process called impact mapping to drive more effective leadership development...
Case Study: Embracing a Changing Industry Through Effective Leadership Training
Anyone who has paid even the slightest attention to recent news knows that the US life sciences and healthcare ecosystem is undergoing massive change...
Successful Leadership Development Training Programs Target Core Abilities
As mentioned in my last post, The Regis Company has organized and mapped how-to-think patterns to one or more thinking abilities that we refer to as...
Key Takeaways for Better Executive Leadership Training from CLO Symposium Plus+
I recently attended the CLO Symposium Plus in Huntington Beach California, where forward-thinking authors and learning leaders took the stage to...
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,...