November 2025 Newsletter

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Build the SKO your 2026 strategy deserves

Smart, battle-tested tools and ideas to help you run kick-offs that deliver and scale in any format.

• In-person

• Hybrid

• Geo-specific

Kathryn Clubb, BTS Global Partner Growth, Strategy & Culture

Article | Chief Executive

A CEO’s guide to sustaining change over time

Every CEO knows the feeling: just as a change starts to take hold, resistance crashes the party. It’s maddening, but also predictable. The trick is not to fight the resistance, but to listen - it’s often the first sign your change is starting to stick.

Article | C-Suite Quarterly

The new rules of leadership influence

Influence is changing, and most leaders can feel the friction. Here’s what’s behind the shift, and what it means for how you lead now.

Kendra Okposo, BTS Director Change & Transformation

Trends to watch…

The next big shift in how we learn at work

AI has exposed just how quickly skills and roles are evolving, and how outdated traditional training feels in comparison. Leaders don’t have time to “step away” to learn; they need to build capability while doing the work itself. That’s why a new idea is taking hold inside forward-looking organizations: Simulation culture.

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What simulation culture looks like in practice:

• Leaders test strategic choices in simulations that mirror their market and reveal the impact on customers, culture, and results.

• Sales teams practice complex client scenarios, navigating objections, competition, and stakeholder dynamics.

• Managers rehearse real conversations on feedback, coaching, and change in leadership labs.

• Executives align strategy and execution through enterprise simulations that connect vision to action.

• AI practice partners keep learning alive between sessions, giving leaders a safe space to rehearse and refine key moments.