Learning and Development Training Needs a Good Dose of Healthy Skepticism
Given my recent focus on the value of balancing creative and critical thinking in corporate leadership training, I thought it would be interesting to...
Simulation Training Isn't a Right vs. Left Brain Thing
My last two posts have focused on critical and creative thinking separately. But how do the two work together to improve performance, create better...
Advice for Leadership Development Consultants From...Matisse?
Over the past several years, the Regis leadership development consulting firm has spent a lot of time helping leaders of global organizations become...
For More Effective Leadership Training, Summon Your Inner Child
In previous posts, I’ve described Core Abilities that shape effective leadership training, including critical thinking. Two of the most prominent...
What's the Coolest Learning and Talent Development Innovation You've Seen Recently?
It was the beginning of the third futurecasting event sponsored by our new organization Talent Development 2025. Stavros, our facilitator, was...
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...
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...