Liberty General Insurance brought together 60 of its top leaders, including CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, and CMOs for a focused leadership development initiative. The goal was to strengthen collaboration, decision-making, and strategic alignment at the C-suite level. Through SimuRise’s business simulation, The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines, the leadership team experienced real-time pressure scenarios that helped surface blind spots, improve cross-functional communication, and align leadership behaviors with business priorities.
Introduction
Liberty General Insurance (LGI), a leading name in the insurance sector, recently embarked on a bold leadership development initiative aimed at driving meaningful change at the top. Recognizing that strategic alignment begins with the C-suite, LGI partnered with SimuRise to design a high-impact intervention for their senior-most executives.
The program was conducted exclusively for LGI’s top leadership—CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, CMOs, and other senior leaders with over 60 participants engaging in a hands-on simulation experience. The objective? To strengthen strategic thinking, collaboration, and decision-making in a way that feels real, immediate, and transformative.
Why This Training Was Necessary
At the C-suite level, leadership isn’t just about individual excellence. It’s about collective clarity. It’s about setting the tone for the entire organization through mindset, behavior, and execution.
LGI wanted its leaders to go beyond day-to-day problem-solving. The goal was to bring them into a space where they could:
- Reflect on their leadership approach
- Navigate ambiguity as a team
- Experience the ripple effects of strategic choices
- Break silos and align around common goals
In other words, LGI wasn’t looking for a classroom session. They needed something that would challenge thinking and change behavior.
The Simulation: The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines
To bring this to life, SimuRise deployed its flagship business simulation, The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines. This immersive experience drops participants into a high-stakes, decision-rich scenario where they must work in teams to “explore and discover” resources while navigating uncertainty, competition, and trade-offs.
The simulation replicates the pressure, pace, and complexity of real-world business leadership. It requires teams to plan strategically, collaborate cross-functionally, and execute in alignment—all under time constraints.
For LGI’s C-suite, it was the perfect mirror. Every decision counted. Every misalignment showed up. Every win was earned through clarity and cooperation.
Key Learning Outcomes
1. Strategic Planning Under Pressure
Leaders were challenged to think long-term while responding to immediate demands—just like real-world business cycles.
2. Cross-functional Collaboration
The simulation exposed communication blind spots and emphasized the importance of working across silos to achieve a shared goal.
3. Collective Accountability
No individual could “win” on their own. Success demanded shared responsibility and team-wide alignment.
4. Adaptability and Agility
Unexpected challenges forced leaders to pivot, reassess, and make high-stakes decisions with limited information.
5. Real-Time Reflection
The debrief sessions helped participants connect the dots between game behavior and their leadership behavior, sparking real insights.
Feedback and Results
The feedback was unanimous: this wasn’t just insightful, it was energizing.
LGI’s senior executives described the simulation as “fun yet deeply reflective,” “an eye-opener on team dynamics,” and “an experience that showed how small missteps at the top can create ripple effects across the organization.”
More importantly, the learnings didn’t stay in the room.
Participants began applying key takeaways in strategy meetings, project planning, and leadership conversations, creating a tangible shift in how the C-suite operated as a unit.
Conclusion
The C-suite intervention at Liberty General Insurance is a powerful example of how experiential learning can elevate leadership at the highest levels. Through The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines, SimuRise created a safe but challenging space where LGI’s top leaders could reflect, reset, and realign.
This wasn’t about lectures. It was about lived experience. By choosing to invest in experiential development for its most senior leaders, LGI has taken a bold step toward long-term organizational success, building a leadership culture rooted in strategy, agility, and shared vision.
How C-Suite Executives at Liberty General Insurance Unlocked Strategic Clarity
Liberty General Insurance brought together 60 of its top leaders, including CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, and CMOs for a focused leadership development initiative. The goal was to strengthen collaboration, decision-making, and strategic alignment at the C-suite level. Through SimuRise’s business simulation, The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines, the leadership team experienced real-time pressure scenarios that helped surface blind spots, improve cross-functional communication, and align leadership behaviors with business priorities.
Introduction
Liberty General Insurance (LGI), a leading name in the insurance sector, recently embarked on a bold leadership development initiative aimed at driving meaningful change at the top. Recognizing that strategic alignment begins with the C-suite, LGI partnered with SimuRise to design a high-impact leadership development initiative for their senior-most executives.
The program was conducted exclusively for LGI’s top leadership—CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, CMOs, and other senior leaders with over 60 participants engaging in a hands-on simulation experience. The objective? To strengthen strategic thinking, collaboration, and decision-making in a way that feels real, immediate, and transformative.
Why This Training Was Necessary
At the C-suite level, leadership isn’t just about individual excellence. It’s about collective clarity. It’s about setting the tone for the entire organization through mindset, behavior, and execution.
LGI wanted its leaders to go beyond day-to-day problem-solving. The goal of this leadership development initiative was to bring them into a space where they could:
- Reflect on their leadership approach
- Navigate ambiguity as a team
- Experience the ripple effects of strategic choices
- Break silos and align around common goals
In other words, LGI wasn’t looking for a classroom session. They needed a leadership development initiative that would challenge thinking and change behavior.
The Simulation: The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines
To bring this to life, SimuRise deployed its flagship business simulation, The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines. This immersive experience drops participants into a high-stakes, decision-rich scenario where they must work in teams to “explore and discover” resources while navigating uncertainty, competition, and trade-offs.
The simulation replicates the pressure, pace, and complexity of real-world business leadership. It requires teams to plan strategically, collaborate cross-functionally, and execute in alignment—all under time constraints.
For LGI’s C-suite, it was the perfect mirror. Every decision counted. Every misalignment showed up. Every win was earned through clarity and cooperation.
Key Learning Outcomes
1. Strategic Planning Under Pressure
Leaders were challenged to think long-term while responding to immediate demands—just like real-world business cycles.
2. Cross-functional Collaboration
The simulation exposed communication blind spots and emphasized the importance of working across silos to achieve a shared goal.
3. Collective Accountability
No individual could “win” on their own. Success demanded shared responsibility and team-wide alignment.
4. Adaptability and Agility
Unexpected challenges forced leaders to pivot, reassess, and make high-stakes decisions with limited information.
5. Real-Time Reflection
The debrief sessions helped participants connect the dots between game behavior and their leadership behavior, sparking real insights.
Feedback and Results
The feedback was unanimous: this wasn’t just insightful, it was energizing.
LGI’s senior executives described the simulation as “fun yet deeply reflective,” “an eye-opener on team dynamics,” and “an experience that showed how small missteps at the top can create ripple effects across the organization.”
More importantly, the learnings didn’t stay in the room.
Participants began applying key takeaways in strategy meetings, project planning, and leadership conversations, creating a tangible shift in how the C-suite operated as a unit.
Conclusion
The C-suite intervention at Liberty General Insurance is a powerful example of how experiential learning can elevate leadership at the highest levels. Through The Quest for King Solomon’s Mines, SimuRise created a safe but challenging space where LGI’s top leaders could reflect, reset, and realign.
This wasn’t about lectures. It was about lived experience. By choosing to invest in experiential development for its most senior leaders, LGI has taken a bold step toward long-term organizational success, building a leadership culture rooted in strategy, agility, and shared vision.
