Insights on business simulations and strategy execution
Practical thinking on building better leadership programs, choosing the right simulation, and helping leaders act on strategy.
Business Simulation Tips: Great in Leadership Development - But Proceed With Caution
Business Simulation Tips: Great Tool for Leadership Development – Proceed With Caution Introduction – Business Simulation Tips As you know, I create business simulations that are used within corporate training and for strategic alignment, execution, and acceleration. But mostly, these
Leadership Development Is The Key To Strategy Execution
Want to know how to accelerate the execution of your corporate strategy? Focus on leadership development. Companies spend a very large amount of time working on creating or adjusting the corporate strategy. Unfortunately, very little of focuses on effective execution.
Corporate Training For Tomorrow's Leaders
Corporate Training For Tomorrow’s Leaders The biggest standard change in business today is technology. In the next ten years, millions of jobs around the world will be automated. But computers can’t be leaders, they can only process. The demand for
Business Simulations Are a Great Tool for Leadership Development - But Be Careful
This is an article I wrote for Forbes in 2020. Posting here for convenience. Enjoy and hope it helps! Photo by Serpstat from Pexels In full disclosure, I run a company that creates business simulations. These simulations are used in
Impact of Retiring Workforce on Leadership Development
Impact of Retiring Workforce on Leadership Development Baby boomers are at retirement age. Over the next 10 or so years, there is expected to be over 10,000 baby boomers reaching the retirement age of 65 every day in the US
Accelerate Your Strategy Using Strategic Thinking, Business Acumen And Corporate Resilience
Accelerate Your Strategy Using Strategic Thinking, Business Acumen And Corporate Resilience A report distributed by McKinsey and Company states that the reason for key change failure is because of low worker commitment, insufficient administration support, dull cross-utilitarian joint effort and low responsibility.”
Top Corporate Training Needs Within Today's Business
Top Corporate Training Needs Within Today’s Business Staying ahead in business means keeping current. That means product, employees, policies and technology. Plus, the workforce is constantly changing. The need for training and development is more important and necessary than ever
Using Business Simulations For Strategy Acceleration
There are a lot of changes happening in the corporate world. Globally, many senior leaders are getting ready or already have, retired. The rapid advancement of technology and the digital transformation of most organizations is also a massive change. How
Looking Forward: Leadership Development Simulations and Employee Development
Leadership Development Simulations and Employee Development Staying on top of the changes to business means staying on top of what skills are needed. This can be challenging for many companies. From the upper level of management retiring to the constant
What Companies Can Learn From Steve Jobs About Employee Development In Down Times
What Companies Can Learn From Steve Jobs About Employee Development In Down Times The changing face of the workforce means a growing gap in certain skills. Specifically, leadership and management skills. This gap, by its nature, extends to gaps in
Branching Story Business Simulations for Leadership Development
Branching Story Business Simulations for Leadership Development Branching stories for use within leadership development can be incredibly powerful. Oddly, these tools are often discounted as either too amateur or too much work. Branching stories are often classified as a business
All Simulation Studios Sims Now Fully Virtual!
For years, Simulation Studios business training simulations have been fully virtual ready. But I’ll be honest, I’ve never been a big fan of running business simulations within leadership development virtually. As a result, I’ve stayed out of touch with virtual
Today's Business Acumen Training Is Lot More Than Numbers
Today’s Business Acumen Training Is Lot More Than Numbers Today’s leaders need to have a full plate of skills in order to propel a company into the future. With so many leaders of a certain age set to leave corporations,
Benefits of Experiential Learning
Benefits of Experiential Learning Staying competitive in today’s marketplace is more challenging than ever. Technology is changing and advancing so fast, it means people’s skills need to change to keep up. There is also a changing of the guard occurring
How Business Simulations are Used in Leadership Development
There is no one simple way of training employees and preparing them for business. Perhaps they came out of college with some great knowledge but it doesn’t equal experience. By using a business simulation, people get a realistic look at
Teaching Business Acumen Without the Snoozefest
Teaching Business Acumen Without the Snoozefest Every organization needs competent leaders at all levels so that they can hold all the pieces together and make
Learn About Advantages of Business Simulation Based Experiential Learning
Learn About Advantages of Business Simulation Based Experiential Learning In the quest to keep up with the ever-changing technology, the dynamic and fast-evolving workspace, organizations
Innovations in Corporate Leadership Development Simulations
Innovations in Corporate Leadership Development Simulations Millennials are quickly filling up many new and mid-level management positions and there is a high chance that they
What CEOs Expect in Tomorrow's Leadership Development
What CEOs Expect in Tomorrow’s Leadership Development Being a responsible business leader isn’t all about making sure that an enterprise is operating efficiently on a
The Leadership Gap Has Arrived
The Leadership Gap Has Arrived As millennials continue to rapidly grow within the global workspace, discussions are going around about how age diversity will impact organizations in the coming