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We can try to outperform machines, or we can recognize that automation is forever changing the way that work is done. This choice means finding another way to thrive in this new world. Here is your guide to navigating the rise of the machines.
Organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of human capital development to business success. The secret is designing intentional learning. Designing learning at work is more than creating events; it is about an entire learning ecosystem.
Employer emphasis is often on developing hard skills, like computer science and data science, but it’s critical not to discount the importance and marketability of soft skills.
In technology fields, finding enough qualified women to hire and promote is a challenge that the best companies are committed to resolving. Overcoming this challenge starts long before girls choose their college major.
Immersive and experiential training methods are successful because they involve all of the senses and provoke a visceral response. The experience enables learners to assimilate new information quickly and retain it much longer.
A foundational soft skill in a manager’s leadership toolkit is “noticing,” a hard-to-teach soft skill responsible for increasing leadership effectiveness, navigating change, and leading through complex and ambiguous times with agility.
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Training Industry today announced its selections for the 2019 Top Training Companies™ lists for the Content Development sector of the learning and development market.
The term “soft skills” is commonly used, but it is more accurate to define them as part of the behavioral skills that are needed in the workplace that are no less important than “hard skills” (technical skills) and that are sometimes more difficult.
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Modern Health, a mental well-being benefits platform for employers today announced a $9 million Series A funding round led by Kleiner Perkins. Jared Leto, Y Combinator, and Afore also participated in the round.
BiasSync today launched its proprietary tool to assess unconscious bias in large corporations and government agencies. The Los Angeles startup provides organizations and their leaders with aggregated, actionable data and professional development content.
Sparta Systems and UL, a world leading safety science organization, have announced an innovation partnership to bring together Sparta's cloud-enabled quality management system, TrackWise Digital, and UL's learning management system, ComplianceWire®.
Content Development
Organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of human capital development to business success. The secret is designing intentional learning. Designing learning at work is more than creating events; it is about an entire learning ecosystem.
Immersive and experiential training methods are successful because they involve all of the senses and provoke a visceral response. The experience enables learners to assimilate new information quickly and retain it much longer.
Training Industry today announced its selections for the 2019 Top Training Companies™ lists for the Content Development sector of the learning and development market.
E-Learning
Employer emphasis is often on developing hard skills, like computer science and data science, but it’s critical not to discount the importance and marketability of soft skills.
The old e-learning paradigm – developed years ago in the model of traditional classroom education – is not always effective or affordable. Improve the quality and efficiency of your online training program with virtual training labs.
XtremeLabs and Mercury Learning and Information are partnering to provide authors of technical books with online learning labs and courseware to supplement their digital and print content.
IT and Technical Training
In technology fields, finding enough qualified women to hire and promote is a challenge that the best companies are committed to resolving. Overcoming this challenge starts long before girls choose their college major.
XtremeLabs and Mercury Learning and Information are partnering to provide authors of technical books with online learning labs and courseware to supplement their digital and print content.
2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), a global leader in education technology, today closed its previously announced acquisition of Trilogy Education Services, Inc., a workforce accelerator that prepares adult learners for high-growth careers in the digital economy.
Leadership
When leaders recognize accountability as something that is teachable and measurable – i.e., a hard skill – they can wield its power to achieve a slew of top-line business goals.
Employer emphasis is often on developing hard skills, like computer science and data science, but it’s critical not to discount the importance and marketability of soft skills.
A foundational soft skill in a manager’s leadership toolkit is “noticing,” a hard-to-teach soft skill responsible for increasing leadership effectiveness, navigating change, and leading through complex and ambiguous times with agility.
Learning Technologies
In technology fields, finding enough qualified women to hire and promote is a challenge that the best companies are committed to resolving. Overcoming this challenge starts long before girls choose their college major.
Cupertino (California)-based Numly, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of its first secure, cloud-based and privacy-centered, Enterprise Mentoring Platform – FDBKPro.
Sparta Systems and UL, a world leading safety science organization, have announced an innovation partnership to bring together Sparta's cloud-enabled quality management system, TrackWise Digital, and UL's learning management system, ComplianceWire®.
Measurement and Analytics
When leaders recognize accountability as something that is teachable and measurable – i.e., a hard skill – they can wield its power to achieve a slew of top-line business goals.
BiasSync today launched its proprietary tool to assess unconscious bias in large corporations and government agencies. The Los Angeles startup provides organizations and their leaders with aggregated, actionable data and professional development content.
You may be put off at the thought of completing what may seem like a mammoth administration task before you even start planning your training, but a training needs analysis at regular intervals can be beneficial to your business for several reasons.
Outsourcing
Distance can create a sense of separation between locations that need to work closely together. Companies must actively support their virtual, multi-site teams to build bridges and improve collaboration.
Skillsoft, a global leader in corporate learning, is now an official member in the SAP® PartnerEdge® program, which provides enablement tools, benefits and support.
With businesses facing ever increasing threat of modern disruptions, workplace learning takes even more importance to help organisations face new challenges.
Performance Management
No one has perfect communication skills; some just keep trying, while others stay the same in their place of comfort over courage. Be the person who tries! Here are some tips to use as a leader for some of the more challenging types of conversations.
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. today announced Cognita is using Cornerstone Learning, Performance and HR suites to establish a shared identity throughout the Cognita group and improve communication across its global network of employees.
Coaching employees is not what it used to be. In response to the demands of the knowledge economy, workplace coaching is no longer about giving directions; it’s about helping employees take ownership. Yet few managers know how to do that.
Sales
Soft skills (such as communication and relationship-building skills) and the delivery of benefits (as defined by the customer) are the essential ingredients of sales and the foundation upon which we build exceptional customer experiences.
The primary goal of any business is to generate profits, and you can only attain that goal if you have a solid sales team. Here’s how you can leverage anywhere, anytime technology to improve the performance of your sales team.
SalesFuel®, providing sales teams with the power to “Sell Smarter” since 1989, is enhancing the Candidate Profiles hiring feature of its recently launched SalesFuel COACH platform.
Strategy, Alignment and Planning
We can try to outperform machines, or we can recognize that automation is forever changing the way that work is done. This choice means finding another way to thrive in this new world. Here is your guide to navigating the rise of the machines.
The term “soft skills” is commonly used, but it is more accurate to define them as part of the behavioral skills that are needed in the workplace that are no less important than “hard skills” (technical skills) and that are sometimes more difficult.
How effectively you communicate with your boss can impact your success at your organization. It can determine whether or not your ideas become realities. And it can play a huge role in the level of rapport you establish with your boss.
Workforce Development
We can try to outperform machines, or we can recognize that automation is forever changing the way that work is done. This choice means finding another way to thrive in this new world. Here is your guide to navigating the rise of the machines.
In technology fields, finding enough qualified women to hire and promote is a challenge that the best companies are committed to resolving. Overcoming this challenge starts long before girls choose their college major.
Interplay Learning, the leading provider of online training for skilled trades utilizing virtual reality (VR) and 3D simulations, today announced it completed a $5.5 million Series A round of financing.