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...
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...
Why Do Our Leadership Development Training Programs Focus on What to Think?
Most leadership development training programs and technologies are based on the premise that knowledge is power. Training focuses on transmitting...