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How do you push through the bad inertia and get your team humming again? With three time-tested tricks: trigger, action, and reinforcement.

You might say companies are doing some fast math to predict the best way to respond to recent events, or that they’re searching the corporate conscience. We think they’re firming up their place on the Diffusion of Innovations Curve.

How do you get top performance from your teams while supporting them through these crazy times? Brain science has the answer. Emerson CEO Trish Emerson explains how leaders can use hacks to build people’s strength and resilience.

When Emerson helps organizations manage change, we make it feel Familiar, Controlled, and Successful (FCS). Here’s how President Biden used FCS in his COVID-19 speech.

Agile, as you might get from its name, is all about speed and flexibility. Here are a few ways to use Agile principles in learning programs.

Meetings have such a bad reputation, especially among busy executives. But if you do it right, they’ll accept your next invite with a smile.

Traditional in-person training isn’t feasible during a pandemic, so consider blending your curriculum with digital assets like Articulate Rise.

Some firms dazzle you with strategy and slick slides then head for the door. Don’t let them leave you hanging — ask these questions before you hire a change consultant.

Transformation is stressful enough. Don’t make things harder by losing what works. Focus on these three areas to stay true to your organization’s work style.

Use this checklist to make sure your organization gets the most out of off-the-shelf training.

When you build training, include all types of scenarios.

After 25-plus years of consulting and 100 endurance races of half marathon, marathon and ultra-marathon distances, I’ve noticed lots of parallels. Here are a few.

Instructional Designers rely on Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to make learning initiatives successful. Here’s how to build a trusting relationship with your SME.

What is resilience and how do you build it? As a two-time cancer survivor, here’s what I know.

What we know about brain science can give your new employees a great transition to your team.

Great athletes learn from success and failure. Great businesses do the same. 

Documenting your current state is a critical investment in the success of your implementation.

Faced with unprecedented challenges, your leadership team needs to get aligned and then sound aligned.

If you need to scale quickly, we have some ideas for you to consider.

While many have suffered from a devastating health crisis, COVID-19 also opened our eyes to the need for real transformation.