ACV Parent Company* ACV Parent Company (ACV), a conglomerate of businesses across several industries and sectors, was experiencing significant growth through the acquisition of more than 800 business units with 65,000 employees and $18B in revenue. Initially, ACV Parent Company’s strategy was to leave the acquired businesses as standalone entities instead of integrating them into ACV or across …
Change Management
You Can’t Herd Electric Sheep: Leadership Post-COVID [Webinar Recording]
Successfully leading remote and hybrid teams requires different skills to ensure team alignment and engagement. There are some leadership styles that can be detrimental when applied to a remote or hybrid team, and you need …
The Post-COVID Business Mistake You Can’t Afford to Make [Webinar Recording]
There has been a lot of news lately on what returning to physical office spaces will look like. Organizations like Facebook plan to let their employees decide where they’d like to work. The company recently …
Developing a Culture that Supports Remote Work
By: Shawn Belling Professionals all over the world have had to adapt to working virtually and adjust how they collaborate with their teams, complete projects, hold meetings, and more. As organizations plan to bring employees …
Introducing “Remotely Possible” – Your Guide to Remote Work
The sudden global experiment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that remote teams are possible and effective when done right. Author and instructor Shawn Belling’s latest book, Remotely Possible, addresses the challenges and …
Introducing the Healthcare Leadership Certificate
Healthcare leaders have had to navigate rapidly improving technologies, evolving standard of care, new regulations, and more in the last decade. As significant change continues to occur, the need to prepare for and adapt to …
Three DEI Trends from our Clients
We’re passionate about connecting our community members to the knowledge and resources they need to advance their organizations. Throughout the year, our partners gather for virtual roundtables to discuss what they’re experiencing at their organizations, …
Three Principles for Changing “the Right” Organizational Performance Issue
By: Jeff Chan Recently, I was working with a research and development team at a large packaging company that had fallen on challenging times. At one time, the team was thriving and developing breakthrough product …
Is Your Organization Structured for Success?
By: Jeff Chan Have you heard the saying, “every organization is perfectly designed to get the results it gets?” Unfortunately, the design is usually not the product of an intentional and deliberate process. Instead, organizations …
Introducing the Professional Certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are pleased to announce the launch of our 12th professional development certificate with the Professional Certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. “The Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development (CPED) is …