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Leadership Irony: To Accomplish More, Do Less

Great Leadership By Dan

A few years ago, I was asked to facilitate a leadership retreat for a tech company. On the agenda, was a business simulation that was akin to an outdoor scavenger hunt. It’s not about replacing action, which we know is a necessary leadership ingredient. What if incessant doing keeps us from greatness? Is that possible?

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Leadership Development is not Supposed to be FUN

Great Leadership By Dan

When it comes to leadership development, I’ve always been a bit of a curmudgeon. Here’s the way I’ve always thought about leadership development: There is no such thing as a natural born leader - it takes a lot of HARD work to become one. Here’s a sampling of real leadership development programs being offered today: 1.

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Sage Advice For The First-Time Leader

Terry Starbucker

In school, my professors tried to teach me as much as they could about business and leadership, and in turn, I tried to absorb as much as I could. I had only begun to scratch the surface of what leadership was all about. And here’s the last learning I’ll pass along before I wish you all the best in your leadership journey.

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What They Don’t Teach You in Business School: The Commencement Speech I Wish I’d Heard 30 Years Ago

Terry Starbucker

The professors tried to teach us as much as they could about business and #leadership, and in turn, I tried to absorb as much as I could. There are so many things that you can’t find in any college textbooks, case studies, or business simulations, that will make the difference on whether you achieve your professional dreams.

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Creating Purposeful Leadership Development Training Programs

The Regis Company

Even as an executive leadership development company, our team found ourselves falling into the same captivating trap of infusing these enticing tools in our programs wrapped in the comfort that these tried and true principles were the backbone of traditional design. Seems obvious, right?

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Responsibility in Business and Society

Coaching Tip

Strategic decision making based on data and dialogue via the Responsible Business Simulator. We developed the Responsible Business Simulator to over come the obstacles encountered by spreadsheet models for strategic decision making.

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Leadership Development Simulations: Friday Top Five

The Regis Company

This week's compilation by The Regis Company brings together articles focused on the topic of leadership development simulations. We’ve rounded up articles on everything from specific instances when simulations should be considered along with the "good" stress that business simulations bring to bring to its participants.