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Middle managers make or break employee engagement. Here are the four capabilities L&D needs to prioritize.
This is how Darktrace successfully trained 75% of their global managers across 20 cohorts in under 2 years.
A practical blueprint for developing leaders through systems, not sessions.
What happens when your boss decides to weaponize positivity in the workplace?
George Raveling — the iconic leader who brought Michael Jordan to Nike — shares with Big Think a lifetime of priceless wisdom learned at the crossroads of sports and business.
Performance psychology reveals the mental techniques elite athletes use to build and maintain their confidence.
What we can all learn about the journey from sporting arena to workplace — and how Aristotle can guide our thinking.
Upskilling all managers and leaders is imperative if we are to solve the global challenge of poor management.
Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?
New research from Big Think+ shows that leaders crave more feedback on their leadership and management skills.
New research from Big Think+ sheds light on why employees can find the act of providing feedback to be intimidating, and how L&D can ease this fear by elevating feedback beyond pure evaluation.
Why Netflix adopted the “No Brilliant Asshole” rule — and how to make sure bullies don’t destroy teams.
The benefits of learning with guidance are clear — but the expert and the novice must have a shared understanding of the goal.
Boardroom veteran David Roche offers key strategies that can lay the groundwork for CEO success.
Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.
AI looks like a natural and inevitable fit for business coaching — but some humans are wary. Here are the pros and cons.
Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure.
Well-rounded business teams can be built by distilling key insights from sporting data. Bottom line: don't overstock on superstars.
In a guest essay for Big Think Business, Pedro Franceschi — co-founder and co-CEO of Brex — explains why deftly navigating between vision and details is crucial for successful leaders.
Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
The father of relativity understood that “not everything that counts can be counted” — as do today’s most impactful leaders.
Research consistently points to a set of leadership skills that are high-impact, difficult to develop, and not easily replicated by technology.
To gain its full value, L&D leaders must be open to challenging assumptions about how they approach on-the-job training.
Our brains are hardwired to find fault. The best managers don't let this steer how they interact with their team.
An emerging leaders program can help organizations harness leaders from the inside. Read on to learn how to design one.
Four key components to guide the creation of emotional intelligence training for leaders.
"Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body."
Without a solid understanding of the factors that affect the transfer of learning, the gulf between training and job performance is difficult to bridge.
There are plenty of alternatives to spending a fortune on employee training programs. These 10 options are a great place to start.
From persuasion lessons to objection clinics, these sales training ideas have proven successful for a variety of organizations.