The Best Leadership Development Programs Rely on Systems Thinking
A system is a collection of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent parts that form a complex and unified whole that has a specific purpose....
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...
Innovation’s Role in Learning and Development Training
In my last post, I touched on the important role of critical thinking, particularly in the context of maximizing the effectiveness and output of...
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...
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...