Leading Insights

Ask a senior leader where their strategy broke down and you rarely hear that the plan was wrong. You hear that the organization could not act on it as one. Our new Cross-Functional Playbook draws on what we have learned from 100,000-plus leaders about why that happens, and this post covers three of the themes behind it.

L&D leaders are trading passive workshops for immersive business simulations. Find out in this blog what makes them more engaging, more memorable, and more human in an AI-driven world.

Business simulations close the gap between knowing and doing, giving new leaders a safe space to test approaches, make mistakes, and build confidence before the stakes are real. Here's how they accelerate leadership readiness.

The best leaders share three capabilities regardless of industry: business acumen, team management, and cross-functional decision-making. Learn why they're universal, and how to build them through practice.

In a recent survey of L&D and HR leaders, we asked what’s working and where leadership programs continue to break down. Explore the survey insights for a practical look at what L&D peers are doing to develop their leaders in 2026, from AI adoption to impact measurement.