Whitepapers

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July 28, 2025
Built to Shift: A playbook for downturns
Built to Shift is a playbook for navigating constant change, from how to align teams to leading with clarity in today’s fast-moving world.
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July 10, 2025
High-velocity talent strategies for a changing world
Today's top organizations are reinventing their talent strategies for an AI-driven world—built on trust, adaptability, and human-centered design.
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July 10, 2025
Dancing with disruption
Learn how Change-Ready Organizations turn disruption into advantage through agility, trust, and modern leadership.
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June 5, 2025
The danger of stopping at skills
Learn why skills-based hiring alone isn’t enough. Discover how focusing on context and activation drives performance, creating a workforce ready for the future.
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April 30, 2025
Belonging by design: How organizations build thriving cultures
Discover how fostering belonging across individuals, teams, and systems can drive performance, trust, and culture in your organization.
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March 20, 2025
Safer workplaces, stronger bottom line: Unlocking the power of your frontline leaders
Learn how investing in frontline leadership development enhances workplace safety, boosts performance, and creates a resilient workforce, driving long-term business success.
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January 10, 2025
An emerging role of coach in learning journeys
Traditional coaching focuses on individual growth and is evolving into something far more integrated and dynamic: the coach as learning partner.
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October 3, 2024
Strategic Execution Observatory
The perception of company employees in Spain regarding the alignment between culture and business strategy is not satisfactory.
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September 26, 2024
Breaking bias with simulation-based talent strategies
Is your organization missing out on opportunities to champion equity and inclusion through the use of simulation-based assessments?
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September 26, 2024
The evolution of sales and marketing: A new phase in sales, marketing, and customer service is here
Sales and marketing strategies are shifting from product focus to prioritizing results and partnerships that enhance customer agility.
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September 10, 2024
Why even the best intended leadership development efforts often fail
Organizations invest heavily in leadership development programs, yet many remain dissatisfied with their return on investment.
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June 24, 2024
Mind the talent gap: strategies for growing and retaining high performing General Managers
Rapidly improve your General Manager candidate pipeline and ensure your organization’s long-term success.
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April 24, 2024
Organizaciones adaptativas: el plan de BTS para convertir la flexibilidad organizativa en una ventaja competitiva
el plan de BTS para convertir la flexibilidad organizativa en una ventaja competitiva
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March 22, 2024
Is your organization future relevant? The 6 next practices to get you there
Being future relevant is crucial for organizations amidst constant change. Leaders must continuously adapt to ensure enduring success.
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January 10, 2024
Adaptive Organizations:
The BTS blueprint for turning organizational flexibility into a competitive advantage
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October 4, 2023
TL&L community – Leveraging AI in learning and development
Peter Mulford, Global Partner and CIO, discusses how AI works, how organizations can integrate the tool for L&D professionals.
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September 11, 2023
The missing ingredient in strategy execution and organizational transformation: strategically aligned mindset coaching
In successful change initiatives, one key factor is often overlooked or underutilized – strategically aligned mindset coaching.
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September 5, 2023
Commercial kickoffs, meetings, and summits
Commercial kickoffs, meetings, and summits are opportunities to create unique and custom engagements that align and inspire your teams.
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July 6, 2023
The uncommon sense of shifting company culture
Through research and experience, we've identified the key uncommon sense moves that effectively shift and sustain your desired culture.
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May 15, 2023
The Accelerator Way: how to exceed customer expectations by making value personal
Explore the accelerator way: a BTS approach to exceeding customer expectations by understanding their goals and making value personal within go-to-market teams.
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April 19, 2023
Glitz, glamour, and substance: Examining the efficacy of recent innovations in assessments
Assessments have come a long way over time – even more so in recent years with the introduction of new technologies.
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February 15, 2023
The next generation team: an "outside-in" perspective
It’s commonly understood today that simply hiring great individual leaders won’t be enough to make your company successful. The work of the organization gets done in teams.
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February 13, 2023
The power and impact of executive presence
The Bates ExPI™, based upon the model, helps leaders understand their own profile and individual path to growing their influence and impact.
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February 2, 2023
Ocho prácticas fundamentales para la gestión del talento
Descubre ocho prácticas para fortalecer la gestión del talento, el aprendizaje y el liderazgo ante la incertidumbre en este informe de BTS de 2023.