Category: Corporate Training

How to Leverage Social Capital

Social capital: what is it, and how can you leverage it? Social capital is like a savings account you build over time through relationships. This savings account yields powerful connections…

Mindfulness Meditation: A Workplace Benefit

Mindfulness is one of the newest business buzzwords around the proverbial water cooler. If you are a Type A personality like us, you may have the idea that mindfulness involves…

What Is the GROW Coaching Model?

The GROW coaching model was created in the United Kingdom by Sir John Whitmore in the 1980s. It is one of the world’s most popular coaching methods to identify ways…

What Is Critical Thinking Skills?

Critical thinking is critical – pun intended – in today’s problem-riddled workplace. Every single day we are faced with issues that require us to dig deeper than the surface level…

Tipping Point Leadership

Leading in today’s business environment is not easy, and creating change is even harder. William Bratton understood that. In 1994, Bratton pioneered what has now come to be known as…

What Is Lean Six Sigma?

“What is lean six sigma?” is a question Western businesspeople have been asking themselves for decades since the meteoric rise of Japanese industry in the 1980s. Since the term’s introduction,…

Warren Buffett: A Master of Business Relationships

Warren Buffett is a name you’re guaranteed to have heard of if you’ve paid any attention to the international business landscape in the last fifty years. There is practically a…

Making An Online Presentation Like A Pro

Making an online presentation is no longer the exception, it’s the norm. And even after COVID-19 passes us by, giving an online presentation will be a required skill for any…

Effective Leadership in Turbulent Times

In turbulent times like these, effective leadership sets the tone and direction for an organization. Nerves are on edge and uncertainty can decrease productivity, but an effective leader can motivate…

New Excel Functions: Power Query, XLOOKUP, & Others

New Excel Functions—for some of us, every Excel update is like Christmas morning. Others shudder at the thought of using Excel (though that probably means you’d have a tough time…

Top 7 Business Frameworks

Frameworks play an important role in helping consultants and business leaders approach organizational problems from different angles. They provide structure that inform day-to-day operational decisions and strategy. They do this…

Leadership Development: The Ultimate Consulting Soft Skill

Leadership Development is a big focus of organizations the world over, with Leadership Development programs and training garnering an annual investment of close to $14B each year. This is for…