Executive Challenge™ Learning Objectives

Leadership Development

Leadership training should provide insight into competencies, be relevant and goal-oriented, and allow for feedback. Executive Challenge™ hits each of these targets by allowing participants to learn from their own actions, their peers, the facilitators, and the simulation itself. The structure of each team, the operations process, and the facilitated strategy sessions all provide optimal opportunities to hone leadership and communication skills. Executive Challenge™ is easily integrated into leadership development programs and is customizable to an organization's leadership model.

Strategic Thinking and Business Acumen

Executive Challenge™ is a proven platform for teaching critical business concepts. Teams face a host of real-world dilemmas such as how to structure their company, which markets to target, and how to balance short-term and long-term goals. Decisions are informed by real-time data generated by the simulation including quarterly reports on market share, brand rating, production costs, and press releases on their competitors' progress. Participants also learn to think systematically and internalize key business concepts. Learning is enhanced with interactive case discussions and targeted feedback from experienced facilitators.

Creating Change

Change is constant, but many companies fail to overcome organizational inertia and ingrained habits. Executive Challenge™ gives employees insight into organizational challenges and heightens their understanding of the strategies designed to overcome those challenges. Executive Challenge helps participants determine when change is needed and develop the best plan for initiating that change in their organization.

Teambuilding

Executive Challenge™ produces a competitive experience that is appropriate for teambuilding at company retreats, new hire orientations, and other events where engagement and teamwork matter. Teams are given the common goals of leading a fledgling business in a competitive marketplace, overcoming adverse events, and coming together as a group.

Talent Identification

The success of an organization is a function of the quality of their people. Increasingly, companies are seeking new ways to identify talent. Executive Challenge™ provides hiring managers with a unique way to observe job candidates' analytical abilities, leadership capabilities, and their behavior in a team environment.