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Rising Leader Program

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Executing in Cross-Functional Teams

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Leading Organizational Change

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Business Challenge

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Influence Challenge

Finance Challenge

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Manager/Director Level Programs

Rising Leader Program

Based on The 12-Week MBA curriculum

Becoming an Effective Manager

Essential management skills for new managers

Developing Business Acumen

Real-world practice in value creation and analysis

Executing in Cross-Functional Teams

Leadership and influencing skills for decision making

VP/Senior Level Programs

Senior Leader Program

Practice-based learning for executive leaders

Creating Strategic Business Value

Financial impact and investment analysis skill-building

Leading Organizational Change

Executive-level leadership and enterprise-thinking

AI Case Catalog

AI Cases

Realistic leadership challenges augmented with AI

Manager/Director Level Simulations

Management Challenge

Build critical people management skills in your people leaders

Business Challenge

Expand the business acumen of your nonfinancial managers

Enterprise Challenge

Develop cross-functional communication skills in a dynamic environment

Influence Challenge

Build relationships and refine strategic communication skills

VP/Senior Level Simulations

Finance Challenge

Hone the strategic financial acumen skills of your executives

Executive Challenge

Offer a world-class leadership simulation to your senior executives

Virtual Program Design

Create virtual training that sticks

Certifications

Extend the reach of our programs and simulations to a global audience using your internal L&D facilitation talent

Design Services

Tailor our simulation-based leadership programs to your needs

Fluent in Finance

Offer a comprehensive business acumen primer for nonfinancial managers

Enterprise & Executive Summits

Offer intensive strategy off-sites

Events

Case Studies & Reports

Learn to Lead Podcast

From the Blog

Events

The 12-Week MBA

Awards & Recognition

Who We Are

Careers

Contact Us

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Who We Are

Abilitie has reimagined business education by creating hands-on leadership development programs, including The 12-Week MBA, for rising leaders and executives around the world. With 500+ global clients – including Coca-Cola, Marriott, and Southwest Airlines – and 100,000+ learners, Abilitie is a rapidly growing innovator in the leadership development and edtech markets.

Our History

“The success of our training program was because of our partnership with Abilitie. Period.”

Eric Levos, Senior Director of Learning and Development at XPO

For the last two decades, Abilitie has been at the forefront of delivering leadership development programs for some of the world’s largest and most esteemed companies. Our roots trace back to Enspire Learning, established in 2001 by our CEO, Bjorn Billhardt. Throughout our history, we’ve worked with companies making significant investments in the identification, development, and retention of individuals possessing strong business and leadership skills. As a result, we designed a portfolio of simulations and programs to match what these companies seek in their emerging and senior leaders


Business simulations are the foundation for what we do at Abilitie. These dynamic online competitions create a real-world environment for learners to practice their skills while learning from their mistakes and successes. Check out our most popular simulation, Management Challenge, now featuring AI-enabled conversations.

Global Reach

Abilitie serves individuals and organizations of all sizes across a broad range of industries. We’ve deployed our leadership programs across more than 50 countries.

Meet the Team

Bjorn Billhardt

Chief Executive Officer

Megan Fanale

Chief Operations Officer

Nathan Kracklauer

Chief Research Officer

Christine Cuoco

Chief Marketing Officer

Matt Confer

VP Strategy

Luke Owings

VP Product

Trey Reynolds

VP Engineering

Adrian Taylor

Design Director

Tricia Burke

Regional Director, US

Craig Dadoly

Regional Director, US

Taruna Godric

Regional Director, US

Matt Carothers

Regional Director, US

Alex Whiteleather

Managing Director, EMEA

Niels Jansen

Regional Director, EMEA

John Preston

Account Director, US

Matt Rubins

Managing Director, Law

Andrew Rosenberg

Director of Learning Programs

Jonathan Schneider

Product Director

Patryk Janik

Software Engineer

Michal Kwilman

Software Engineer

Konrad Trzciński 

Software Engineer

Marne Cutter

 Sr. Client Business Partner

Colter Harnas

 Sr. Client Business Partner

Rebecca Knaggs

 Sr. Client Business Partner

Allison St. John

Client Business Partner

Sarah Schaar Pettit

Client Business Partner

Rose Davis

Client Business Director

Manisha Nair

Client Business Director

Aaron Kobren

Senior Director of Operations

Angie Bealko

Head of Global Faculty & Producer Network

Liz Cullen

B2B Marketing Manager

Lizz Taggart

Senior Manager, Talent Operations and Administration

 Olufemi Coker

Client Support Manager

Karanja Mattocks 

Client Support Specialist

 Shaira Ramos

Client Support Specialist

Margaret Hawkins

Accounting

Francis Peña

Accounting

Our Global Faculty

Abilitie’s more than 100 faculty and speakers are top business leaders, influential business professionals, successful entrepreneurs, and established CEOs. You’ll learn real-world skills from real-world experts.

Alain Falkon

President, Telectrónica

Alex Davern

Former CEO, National Instruments

Angie Bealko

CFO, Austin Achieve

Ashish Agarwal

Vice President, BlackRock

Blanca Lesmes

CEO, BBI Imaging

Christine Looser

Associate Professor, Minerva University

Cyrille Alheritiere

Management Consultant, Marmenia Consulting

Dan Dumsha

Consultant and Executive Coach

Frank Ryan

Faculty, San Diego State University

Gloria Tam

Consultant, WHO (World Health Organization)

Kate O’Sullivan

Co-Founder and CEO, CoachSelect

Kristen Kramer

Founder, Kramer & Company

Matt Rubins

General Partner, LearnLaunch Fund

Nicolai Nielsen

Best-Selling Author

Paul Kirkitelos

Investor, KHI

Rebecca Kaloo

Founder, Borough Learning

Tara Layne

Chief of Staff, Swivl

Valérie Scheer

Founder, Amplify Talent

Our Advisors

Abilitie’s Advisory Board draws on the wisdom of world-renowned faculty and seasoned CEOs.

Dr. Michael Watkins
Zeynep Young
Shon Bayer

Advisor

Dr. Michael Watkins

Dr. Michael Watkins is the Director of the Transition to Business Leadership executive program and a professor at IMD, a top-ranked business school in Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Watkins is the author of the international bestseller The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at all Levels, which The Economist called “the on-boarding bible.” With more than 400,000 copies sold in English, and translations in 27 languages, The First 90 Days has become the standard reference for leaders in transition. Recently, The First 90 Days was named one of the best 100 business books of all time.

Advisor

Zeynep Young

Zeynep Young is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist and was named one of six Women of Influence in Central Texas. She is the founder of Double Line Partners, a technology company focused on delivering data systems and tools to improve student performance in K – 12 education. Prior to founding Double Line Partners, Zeynep was a portfolio manager with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, where she oversaw a $150M portfolio of grants, and also worked at McKinsey & Company. Zeynep holds a BA from Rice University and an MBA from Northwestern University.

Advisor

Shon Bayer

Shon Bayer is the CEO, President, and Owner of Spa Partisan, Inc., which owns and operates milk + honey spas and salons in Austin, Fort Worth, and Houston, Texas. milk + honey has been recognized as the best day spa in Texas and has also been rated one of the Best Places to Work in Austin. Prior to his time at milk + honey, Shon was Vice President of Marketing at Enspire Learning and held various leadership roles at The Princeton Review. Shon holds a BS in material science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Select Clients

Abilitie client | GE logo
Abilitie client | Coca-Cola logo
Abilitie client | Southwest Airlines logo
Abilitie client | PayPal
Abilitie client | Prudential
Abilitie client | The University of Texas at Austin
Abilitie client | Dell
Abilitie client | Nokia
Abilitie client | Unilever

Featured Partners

Abilitie partners with a select group of consulting and leadership development organizations from around the globe. Many of our partners incorporate our simulations into their own offerings. Do you have clients that can benefit from our solutions? Schedule a call with us.

Abilitie Partner | IMD
Abilitie Partner | Wronski Associates
Abilitie Partner | TalentQuest
Abilitie Partner | Peak Seven Consulting
Abilitie Partner | MTP Training
Abilitie Partner | Korn Ferry
Abilitie Partner | Complex Adaptive Leadership Ltd.
Abilitie Partner | Blueline
Abilitie Partner | accenture
Abilitie Partner | Portentious
Abilitie Partner | HEWM
Abilitie Partner | Yissum

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