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Leaders in today’s complex and challenging business world need more than many leadership development curriculums have to offer. In this white paper, you’ll learn why leaders need the higher-level skill of critical thinking, what it is and how it impacts managerial success. You’ll also gain insights into how this important competency can be developed and how you can reevaluate, reinvigorate and reengineer your leadership development initiatives.
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Too many managers today – at all leadership levels – lack a solid foundation of business acumen. Without it, they can’t accurately assess the competitive landscape and connect their day-to-day decisions and actions with key financial and strategic performance goals. As a result, business acumen training is becoming a vital component of workforce learning and development, and it is finding its way into management curricula at top companies and universities.
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With reduced training budgets and the continuing need to be as lean as possible, organizations have to find fast, flexible, cost-effective ways to transform potentially dysfunctional project teams into organized, efficient ones. Research shows that the best, most effective project teams have a collective understanding of not only what needs to be accomplished but also what it takes to get there — good project management.
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Traditional leadership behaviors are best learned by modeling, traditional coaching, and mentoring. But moving leaders beyond their comfort zone into accountable leadership requires new understanding, more self-direction, and work experience. Read how discovery learning focuses deeper competency development by modeling complex, real-world situations in which learners can experiment, reflect, and take new courses of actions based on increasingly deeper sets of awareness.
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Are you wasting your time and money on traditional – maybe even boring – training? Read this white paper to understand how to use discovery learning techniques to engage, energize and educate your learners for faster, longer-lasting results. To be successful, learning opportunities must impart the most important knowledge and develop the most critical skills. Business games, simulations and Discovery Maps® are all part of a proven instructional approach called discovery learning.
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Major corporate change initiatives often focus on the quality of the project, neglecting to incorporate the bigger picture. When organizations begin focusing on aligning people with the initiative, the outcome of success greatly improves. Learn how focusing on both sides of the equation – quality and people – answers the hard question: How will you align the people of you organization around the initiative so they will choose to embrace the change?
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The traditional role of the sales professional is changing. Today’s customers want their sales reps to be more than order-takers; they expect trusted advisors who can work alongside them to improve their business. Read “Why Business Acumen Wins More Sales” to learn why sales professionals with business acumen have the ultimate competitive advantage and why business acumen training is becoming the fastest-growing area of the sales training industry.
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Major corporate change initiatives often focus on the quality of the project, neglecting to incorporate the bigger picture. When organizations begin focusing on aligning people with the initiative, the outcome of success greatly improves. Learn how focusing on both sides of the equation — quality and people — answers the hard question: How will you align the people of you organization around the initiative so they will choose to embrace the change?
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It's been called the talent "crisis" or "crunch." One thing is certain. It's here. Organizations need to take talent management seriously if they are to remain competitive. In this white paper, Paradigm Learning examines how companies can implement a holistic approach to talent management, which involves training managers to become effective talent leaders who attract, retain, and transition the right employees.
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Now more than ever, employees and managers must understand how their decisions affect their company’s bottom line and how they can contribute to their company’s financial success. Read the white paper “The Importance of Business Acumen Training for Managers and Employees” to learn five ways in which employees who are equipped with business acumen are better prepared to take the right actions to affect profitability and cash flow.