Something fascinating happened today during one of the Board of Directors presentations that was the culmination of a 4-month business acumen training program. The purpose of the Board… Read More

I had the opportunity to spend some great time with one of our manufacturing clients at a General Manager Business Acumen training program in Shanghai last week. The purpose of the pro… Read More

Last weekend my wife asked me to fix something wrong with the plumbing. Between you and me, probably not the best idea. I can manage a wrench… a little bit, but bef… Read More

We just finished a Business Acumen workshop for one of our heavy manufacturing clients. During the 3rd round of their customized business simulation, we had prepared a â€&oe… Read More

Advantexe delivers many business acumen training programs for our clients in the automobile industry including clients who manufacture cars, clients who manufacture tires, and clients… Read More

I had the pleasure of facilitating a great Business Leadership workshop for an organization adapting to a new strategy after a major merger of two equally sized enterprises. The worksh… Read More

When Advantexe develops our customized simulation-centric Business Acumen training programs, we typically will include a few metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs) that our clien… Read More

Earlier this week I wrote a Business Acumen oriented blog called,“How do you Grow KPIs in a Declining Market,” and one of the five recommendations is to diversify the produ… Read More

The last month of the 3rd quarter is here and for many business leaders, the 4th quarter is going to be crunch time. As part of our Business Acumen skill development work, Advantexe co… Read More

Summer 2024 is over and it’s the time of year when the whimsical days of sun, fun, and relaxation turn into the harsh realities of finishing Q3 and Q4 with a major strong push. W… Read More

It’s only the last week of August and Starbucks is already in full marketing mode with the early launch of its popular menu of Pumpkin Spice Lattes items (apparently the cool fol… Read More

One of the fist things I share with participants of an immersive high potential leader business acumen program is the following: The reason you are here is because you are very good at… Read More

Many of the blogs I write are based on real-world content that Advantexe is creating for our global clients. This week, we are launching a brand-new business acumen simulation on the t… Read More

I had an interesting conversation with a prospective new client this week. Someone I have never spoken with before but from an industry (process manufacturing) we know a lot about. Wha… Read More

It’s a funny statement that made me laugh out loud. Read it again. “At least we know where we are not okay.” It was a statement made by a group of participants g… Read More

This has been “one of those weeks” for the business world. We all woke up on Tuesday with fears that the markets were in for their worst performance since the crash of 1987… Read More

A lot has changed since the pandemic including remote work and hybrid models, “AI” and the digital transformation of things, an evolved focus on mental and physical health… Read More

Earlier this week, I shared some ideas and insights about ways of preparing for the upcoming big sales meeting. That blog post generated lots of interest and many questions in my inbox… Read More

As the calendar turns to August and the dog days of summer are upon us, the last thing many Sales leaders are thinking about is that big Q1 2025 Sales Meeting. But you know it will be… Read More

Like blood that flows through our human bodies to keep us alive, cash flows through a business to keep it alive. Cash Flow and having cash to run continued operations is one of the mos… Read More

One of the biggest projects we are working on in July is a new business simulation that helps companies implement their sustainability strategies. As I was designing the new curriculum… Read More

When I speak with senior-level business leaders and listen to their biggest challenges, one of the most common sources of frustration they share is that their organizations have lost t… Read More

I will be the first one to own it and say that I didn’t think it could be done. That it was impossible to develop a comprehensive set of business acumen skills in less than 40 ho… Read More

Over the past year, Advantexe has had the privilege of working on several unique assessment simulation projects helping our clients reach new levels of effectiveness and efficiencies i… Read More

Welcome to the rest of 2024 and beyond. The business world continues to evolve and change in so many ways that most people have become numb to it. As business ecosystems, models, and… Read More

I was reminded today by a client how important it is to design reinforcement into every learning journey. While putting the finishing touches on our business acumen learning journey ki… Read More

So, here is a dilemma; you go to the supermarket to pick up a few items, you’ve brought your own bags, and you head to the checkout. There are 3 absolutely empty lines with cashi… Read More

The Juneteenth day of remembrance gave me a chance to do some reflection and to get caught up on some business reading. As a graduate of the Wharton School, I always look forward to th… Read More

I am asked almost every week about the concept of “Critical Thinking.” Critical Thinking means something different to a lot of people and you only have to go to Google and… Read More

The question from one of our participants was very straightforward and something I thought would be easy to answer. Yesterday while conducting a Business Leadership workshop for… Read More

The business world is buzzing today with news that Apple has entered into a partnership with OpenAi to integrate OpenAi’s AI technologies into Apple’s core products. As one… Read More

As with many of our blogs, we find deep inspiration and insights from the training sessions with great clients that we conduct on a daily basis around the world. Today, I had the chanc… Read More

I recognize that over the past five months, I have written several blogs about inflation from a business acumen perspective. And just when I thought the thirst for more learning was fa… Read More

Last week, I shared several blog posts about Advantexe’s observations and perspectives on the 2024 ATD Conference in New Orleans. We received a lot of great feedback and by far t… Read More

Advantexe is pleased to share with our Learning & Development colleagues our third in a series of thoughts and insights from the floor of the ATD International Conference and Expos… Read More

Advantexe is pleased to share with our Learning & Development colleagues our thoughts and insights from the floor of the ATD International Exposition and Conference. Each day we wi… Read More

Advantexe is pleased to share with our Learning & Development colleagues our thoughts and insights from the floor of the Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conf… Read More

One of the best sources of inspiration for my blogs is actual learning moments coming directly from the classroom. This afternoon one of my teams engaged in a very complex high-tech in… Read More

One of the most frequently asked questions in our Business Acumen training sessions is about large companies selling off business units or brands. It inevitably happens after a discuss… Read More

Some analysts thought a fast-food slowdown would never happen, but it is here and a lot of economists and business leaders are trying to make sense of it. KFC, McDonald's, Starbucks… Read More

The news that Walmart is shutting down its healthcare clinic business is shocking on many levels but also goes to demonstrate the power of strategic discipline from a business acumen p… Read More

If you are listening carefully to the business news, you will have heard the experts talking about the impacts of a “soft landing” and how that will affect business perform… Read More

Just a few days after I shared a blog post on the incredible leadership lessons I have observed from hotel General Manager @tomboyer which include his team going above and beyond the c… Read More

There is significant confusion in the business world between Operational Excellence and a Low-Price Strategy. Based on our years of experience designing, developing, and implement… Read More

Every quarter, Advantexe’s business acumen modeling team meets to discuss the core interest and inflation rate in our business acumen simulations. “I guess we better make… Read More

I was scrolling through LinkedIn waiting for my flight to take off when I saw a posting from @TomBoyer. Tom is one of those rare individuals you meet in your life that you never forge… Read More

It is a familiar story around the world every day as business leaders grapple with finding the tools they need to lead effectively so they, their teams, and their companies can achieve… Read More

Every 90 days, the executive leadership team of every publicly traded company delivers an earnings call to shareholders and analysts to review the previous quarters’ business res… Read More

The first quarter of 2024 is now in the books. From a value creation perspective, the S&P index has grown by about 10% and the Dow Jones Index by about 6%. This strong and steady g… Read More

As the business world continues to evolve, and as access to more information becomes overwhelming to many employees, it is more important to business decision-making that all employees… Read More