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The Collective Strength: A Focus on Resilience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lkdODbr3oY In a world where the only constant is change,…

Improvise in Consultative Selling: 7 Steps to Better Connections With Customers

Improvise in Consultative Selling: 7 Steps to Better Connections With Customers

Using improvisation techniques in consultative sales training is a creative and effective way to…

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Use Open-Ended Questions to Dig Deep on Motivation

How many times do we know that open-ended questions are the way to go, yet we ask the yes/no…

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Team Equity at Work: When You’re Ready to Jump In

Lean in. That is what improvisers do - intellectually, emotionally and physically. Team Equity in…

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Building Trust in Virtual Interactions: Look at the Camera

In today's digital age where virtual and hybrid meetings are the norm, presenting yourself…

Lead Like an Improviser: Flexibility, Influence and Change global conference 2023 womentech by Karen Hough Chief Culture and Experience Officer at ImprovEdge

Lead Like an Improviser: Flexibility, Influence and Change

Women Tech 2023 Global Conference Let’s talk Improvisation – I’m passionate about what improv…

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Leadership Development Is Human–And AI Can Help Reinforce It

In the rush to adopt artificial intelligence, it’s tempting to believe that technology will solve every leadership…

Why Peer Mentoring Is Crucial to Leadership Development Programs

Leadership development blossoms when learning is shared and practiced in community. That is the promise of peer…

The Missing Piece in New Manager Training: Why Improv Accelerates the Shift to People Leadership

Becoming a manager for the first time is one of the most pivotal—and challenging—career transitions. New managers are…

Managing Tough Conversations

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Letter to a Young Professional Returning to Work

Letter to a Young Professional Returning to Work

5 Reminders to Help You Navigate Any Workplace Your first day at work may not have been that…

Inclusion in the Workplace: Unraveling Racism Through Organizational Transformation

Since last spring and the horrific murder of George Floyd, everyone from corporations to my Aunt…

2020 is the Year of Equity

Equity is a process, rather than an outcome. It’s a way of behaving and working that consistently…

How to Use Improvisation to Address Unconscious Bias in the Workplace

Since childhood, we train our brains to categorize EVERYTHING: shapes, sizes, colors… because the…

Unconscious Bias in the Workplace: Here’s How You Can Influence Change

It’s a necessary ability to have in the workplace. The ability to differentiate. You’re constantly…

5 Ways to Get Stuff Done on a Multigenerational Team

Traditionalists. Baby Boomers. Generation-Xers. Millennials.

7 Skills Improv Teaches You About Managing Change

There are a couple things you can count on in life.

Celebrate Differences: How to Create a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace are imperative.

The Most Critical Skill for 2018: Agility

AGILITY: Noun – Nimbleness. or The ability to think and draw conclusions quickly; intellectual…