Enspire Studios develops creative and thoughtfully designed online and mobile learning applications, games, simulations, and blended learning solutions that address your organization’s most pressing training and business needs. We invite you to attend a webcast on May 15 to learn more about Enspire Studios. You can also view the Enspire Studios website here. Click to register now!

Enspire Learning provides leadership development and business acumen programs to management audiences around the world. Our classroom and online programs prepare leaders for the next stage in their careers, whether it is first-time managers that need practice in managing a team or business leaders that need to understand organizational dynamics and strategy. We invite you to attend a webcast on May 14 to learn more about our leadership development programs. Click to register now!

Southwest Airlines has a highly engaged workforce known for its sense of humor and teamwork. Its culture is fueled by significant investments in leadership development. This session explores how Southwest’s Developing Legendary Leaders program, an intensive boot camp for managers and directors, builds leadership, strategic thinking and business acumen skills. The session takes a close look at a competitive team-based simulation that allows Southwest’s rising leaders to hone their business acumen skills.

Get an inside view into Southwest’s successful leadership development program, and see the results of Southwest’s focus on developing leaders from within the organization.

In this interactive session, you will learn best practices for:

• Building effective high potential leadership development programs
• Leveraging experiential business simulations to provide practice and insights
• Increasing business acumen and leadership skills among organizational leaders

To learn more about Enspire’s Business Challenge at Southwest, read our case study here.

Management Challenge is a simulation-based management development program that lets managers practice communicating with employees, delegating projects, and managing employee engagement. Management Challenge uses a combination of team-based simulations, video-based workplace scenarios, and facilitated classroom discussions to build managers that are able to:

• Navigate difficult conversations with direct reports on potentially uncomfortable topics
• Facilitate effective coaching conversations based on identified needs and goals
• Develop and deepen relationships through coaching
• Engage and influence people with differing perspectives, preferences, and communication styles
• Create collaborative solutions within a competitive environment

We also offer private demo sessions if you’d like a more personalized tour of Management Challenge.

Click here to reserve your spot and check out Management Challenge!

Last Thursday, the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas celebrated Texas Independence Day by recognizing member companies with outstanding community involvement programs. EF invited members to the Capital Factory’s beautiful space at the top of the Omni downtown for the celebration. Joshua Baer was presented the Community Leader of the Year Award for his contributions to Austin’s entrepreneurial eco system. When accepting his award, Baer remarked that different cities have different goals, such as the goal for denizens of New York City is to be rich, the goal for Washington D.C. is to be an insider, for Los Angeles, it’s to be famous. The goal for Austinites, as Baer so succinctly put it, is to “be yourself.”

Enspire is proud to be a part of Austin’s vibrant entrepreneurial community, a community that supports and encourages people to go forth and “be themselves.” Congratulations to our Enspirees, whose service hours and contributions to the Austin community earned us this distinction!

Back at the booth, we were giving away Disney park passes and a signed copy of keynote speaker Ray Kurzweil’s new book How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed. To snag one of these great giveaways, we asked booth visitors to share “What is the biggest challenge that new managers face?” We got awesome responses! Click the pictures below to see some our booth visitors who played along.

AUSTIN, TX – Feb. 25, 2013 – Enspire Learning, a premier provider of simulation-based leadership development programs, has been named to the 2013 Leadership Training Companies Watch List by TrainingIndustry.com.

“We are thrilled to be named as a top leadership development company,” said Bjorn Billhardt, CEO of Enspire Learning. “Our simulation-based programs were delivered in more than 20 countries in 2012, and we look forward to growing our global reach in 2013.”

TrainingIndustry.com compiles this list annually to help buyers of training services make informed decisions about learning providers. Selection to the 2013 Leadership Companies Watch List was based on the following criteria:

• New and Innovative Service Offerings
• Unique approach to Leadership Development Solutions
• Commitment to Thought Leadership
• Quality of Initial Clients

“The 2013 Leadership Training Companies Watch List recognizes a group of companies that focus on bringing new, innovative approaches to leadership training,” said Ken Taylor, Chief Operating Officer, TrainingIndustry.com. “Many of these companies are growing their presence in the market by offering a pioneering blend of thought leadership and training delivery techniques.”

“This year’s Watch List consists of a robust group of companies, each offering a unique approach to leadership training,” said Doug Harward, Chief Executive Officer, TrainingIndustry.com. “Most of these companies boast a growing list of established clients and an expanding industry reach – they should definitely be on the radar.”

Visit TrainingIndustry.com for more information on the 2013 Leadership Training Companies Watch List.

Management Challenge is a simulation-based management development program that lets managers practice communicating with employees, delegating projects, and managing employee engagement. Management Challenge uses a combination of team-based simulations, video-based workplace scenarios, and facilitated classroom discussions to build managers that are able to:

• Navigate difficult conversations with direct reports on potentially uncomfortable topics
• Facilitate effective coaching conversations based on identified needs and goals
• Develop and deepen relationships through coaching
• Engage and influence people with differing perspectives, preferences, and communication styles
• Create collaborative solutions within a competitive environment

We also offer private demo sessions if you’d like a more personalized tour of Management Challenge.

Click here to reserve your spot and experience Management Challenge!

Management Challenge is a simulation-based management development program that lets managers practice communicating with employees, delegating projects, and managing employee engagement. Management Challenge uses a combination of team-based simulations, video-based workplace scenarios, and facilitated classroom discussions to build managers that are able to:

• Navigate difficult conversations with direct reports on potentially uncomfortable topics
• Facilitate effective coaching conversations based on identified needs and goals
• Develop and deepen relationships through coaching
• Engage and influence people with differing perspectives, preferences, and communication styles
• Create collaborative solutions within a competitive environment

Click here to reserve your spot and experience Management Challenge!

Enspire Learning and Houndstooth wish you a joyous holiday season and a prosperous 2013. Check out how we celebrate at our offices!