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Skills in Action: learning in talent management
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
Vinolia Singh describes Multichoice South Africa's integrated approach to talent management and performance management, with learning tied in. Her organization is primarily using Skillsoft...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Effective, flexible leadership in the 21st century
June 1, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Not surprisingly, today's leaders must be more flexible, collaborative, and creative than before. The world is changing. Competition is emerging more rapidly. To stay ahead, you need to leverage...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Podcasts
The TELUS Leadership Philosophy
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
TELUS' Dan Pontefract highlights the parallels TELUS sees between Skillsoft’s asset offerings and the TELUS Leadership Philosophy, which focuses on engagement, connection and collaboration before...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Extending Reach and Ensuring Effectiveness of Leadership Development: The Role of Technology-Based Learning
August 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
In any organization, leadership plays a crucial role in success. While everyone typically understands the value of leadership, there is much debate about what defines good leadership and how it...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
How SkillSoft Learning Impacts Performance of Individuals and Organizations
December 5, 2012, 12:00am PST
Headline: Use Learning to Achieve a Business Advantage Over Your Competition Research shows that organizations with a strong learning culture outperform their peers in terms of innovation,...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Relinquishing the Reins: Reaping the Benefits of Empowering Your IT Team
April 4, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Empowering the IT staff is essential for maximizing an organization's productivity, value, and growth. Real authority and responsibility is the prime catalyst for employee engagement and...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Guide to Improving First-Time IT Certification Pass Rates
April 4, 2012, 12:00am PDT
IT professional certifications are critical for many businesses. Certifications help business leaders feel confident that the people charged with designing and maintaining their mission-critical...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
IT Cost-Saving Initiatives: How to Change Processes, Maximize Resources, and Stay on Track
December 5, 2012, 12:00am PST
Every new technology must add value to the business and reduce operating expenses. Fortunately, savings can be found everywhere if you are willing to accept that nothing is out of bounds. Three...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
5 Fallacies about the Role of Learning Content in Talent Management
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
As larger vendors begin assembling the pieces of an end-to-end human capital management platform, their focus has largely been on the integration of learning management system (LMS) functionality...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
How the Consumerization of Technology Is Affecting Your IT Strategy
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
For many reasons, you should be happy that a greater proportion of your user community now has their own smartphones, tablets, etc. Your company’s managers are also probably happy that these...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Ensuring IT Reliability and Efficiency to Maintain Business Continuity
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
Now that IT services have evolved to the point that they are considered as indispensable to their organizations as the physical plant, users now expect them to be available on a 24x7 basis. When...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Five Calls To Make When Developing a Mobile Learning Strategy
June 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
With smartphones becoming commonplace and new mobile devices such as tablets skyrocketing in popularity, the interest in mobile learning has begun to heat up as well. Many organizations see the...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
A Blueprint for Integrating Learning into the Life of the Enterprise in Five Manageable Stages
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
During turbulent economic times learning professionals need to tackle both what is important and what is urgent. Learning programs must closely align with your organization’s strategic goals. The...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Podcasts
Unisys needs IT content geared to certifications
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
John Heyman, Director Global Operations & Finance, Unisys University discusses how he leverages Skillsoft training resources focused on IT certifications and leadership development.
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Podcasts
Arinc prepares managers for project management certification
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
ARINC utilizes Skillsoft project management content, creating learning programs aligned to various levels of projects. Skillsoft resources also help their PMPs maintain certification with PDUs.
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Getting Started with e-Learning: Eight Questions to Consider
September 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The face of corporate learning has changed. It is no longer possible to develop your human capital with a single approach. Today's corporate environment calls for out of the box thinking,...
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White Papers
Reinventing Leadership Development: Proactive and Progressive Strategies:
April 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
In this tough business climate, this ExecBlueprint's authors see manifold opportunity-for those leaders who can not only change with the times, but who are capable of leading the charge. Such...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
HR in the Digital Age: How to Use Technology to Enhance Organizational Effectiveness
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Three top HR innovators from Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Pizza Hut, Inc., and Sprint Nextel Corp. share their insights on how to use technology to enhance organizational effectiveness.
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Podcasts
The Distinct Edge Group leverages Skillsoft project management content
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
Virginia Clark, Co-founder of The Distinct Edge Group and former CLO of SAP and Unisys, utilizes Skillsoft content with clients to prepare employees for the project management certification. It's...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Podcasts
Elearning gives Catapult Technology a competitive advantage
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
Katie Cawood from Catapult Technology describes how Skillsoft has helped Catapult employees earn over 150 certifications in the last three years. In turn, this has helped them win new...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Choosing a Vendor: 8 Key Points to Consider When You Need to Outsource
June 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Even marketing departments at large companies will need to outsource some functions to firms who are more creative and resourceful in specific areas. Most of the time, this is a win-win: you...
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Podcasts
Catapult Technology relies on Skillsoft IT training resources to remain up-to-date
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
Certification exams change quickly. Skillsoft resources are always updated fast to reflect the most current examination. Catapult's employees have been impressed with the quality of the materials...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Linking Learning to Talent Management: The Key to Accelerating Workforce Performance
April 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Talent Management has grown significantly in recent years as more and more organizations have recognized the value of aligning workforce planning with business strategy. But talent management...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
The Eight Truths of Social Learning. Now.
April 26, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Many learning professionals are keenly interested in the topic of social learning but relatively few organizations have begun to implement it. One reason is that it is difficult to separate the...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Building a Strategic Framework: Helping Employees Understand the Company's Mission and Goals
June 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Employees provide the fuel for every organization, and the performance of each individual does impact the bottom line, as well as the company's capacity to serve its mission and meet its business...
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White Papers
Leadership Training: Three Perspectives on Development Methods That Work
January 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
Three top HR and talent development experts from Continental Automotive Systems, Vail Resorts Management Company, and ArvinMeritor share their insights on: Leadership Training: Three Perspectives...
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White Papers
Creating an Effective Training and Development Department
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Knowledge and technologies in nearly every field are increasing exponentially, so how should companies respond? On the one hand, they need employees to stay on top of the information avalanche; on...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Establishing IT Operations in Emerging Markets: Strategies to Connect to the Global Infrastructure
December 5, 2012, 12:00am PST
Strategic IT leaders face a double challenge: IT exists to serve the company, and must understand the business units' needs -- but those business units exist to serve the clients and customers,...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Developing and Fostering an Agile Organization
June 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Business agility is one of the key differentiators in today's market — indeed, a company's future-centricity may soon become the sole differentiator as markets and customers adopt new ways of...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
The most popular IT Topics for the year 2010
April 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
At the end of each year, the product team at Books24x7 collects and analyzes the usage data from the millions of Books24x7 subscribers. The group looks at the most viewed titles across all of its...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Carrington Holding Company, LLC: Proving the value of elearning
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
Carrington Holding Company, LLC needed to implement a compliance and business training solution to reach more than 1,800 associates nationwide across a variety of business lines. Carrington’s...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Reacting to the Economic Slowdown: Cutting Hidden IT Costs
June 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
IT cost containment is a fine line to walk — even in down times, business demands 24x7 responsiveness from IT, and anything that compromises that can negatively impact business performance....
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White Papers
Cautious Growth: Tending to Your Core Business
June 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
When CEOs who are content specialists start or take over a company in their field, they can often become so involved in day-to-day operations that they lose sight of the other half of their...
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White Papers
Best of the Best: Acquiring Top Talent for Your Company
June 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Finding, hiring, and keeping top talent is a challenge for any company. In this ExecBlueprint, our authors discuss why and how to address these issues, as well as some additional challenges...
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Building Your IT Staff: Essential Experience and Skill Sets for Tomorrow's Challenges
January 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
The top Information Services leaders from Stimson Lumber, Missouri State University, Gelber Group, and United Therapeutics share their expertise on: Building Your IT Staff: Essential Experience...
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Learning for the Sustainable Enterprise: How Investment in Learning Drives Long Term Competitive Advantage
February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
Sustainability is a broad concept that is becoming mainstream in the business world. It is no longer associated solely with environmental benefit, as many organizations are realizing that people...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Why Talent Walks Out the Door
October 13, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In the Civil Service, the standard retirement date is the end of the week following sixtieth birthday. Every Friday, therefore, hundreds now leave every Government Department, cheque in hand,...
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White Papers
Conflicting Cultures: How to Effectively Manage Your Multigenerational IT Department
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This ExecBlueprint discusses how today's CTO/CIO can utilize the varying skills, backgrounds, and work habits that a multigenerational team brings to the table to build a high-performing IT...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Training Vs. Hiring: Developing Your Staff When Hiring Is Not an Option
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In today's down economy, employee retention and development may be the last thing on your company leaders' minds. Fearful of the future, they feel reluctant to add more staff even if they have the...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Lessons Learned in Successful Implementation of Enterprise Learning
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Many companies believe that learning is one of the primary experiences their staff should be having as an employee. An effective enterprise learning system must be structured and implemented with...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
How the Consumerization of Technology Is Affecting Your IT Strategy
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
For many reasons, you should be happy that a greater proportion of your user community now has their own smartphones, tablets, etc. Your company’s managers are also probably happy that these...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Whitepapers
Ensuring IT Reliability and Efficiency to Maintain Business Continuity
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
Now that IT services have evolved to the point that they are considered as indispensable to their organizations as the physical plant, users now expect them to be available on a 24x7 basis. When...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Whitepapers
Carrington Holding Company, LLC: Proving the value of elearning
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
Carrington Holding Company, LLC needed to implement a compliance and business training solution to reach more than 1,800 associates nationwide across a variety of business lines. Carrington’s...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Podcasts
Skills in Action: learning in talent management
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
Vinolia Singh describes Multichoice South Africa's integrated approach to talent management and performance management, with learning tied in. Her organization is primarily using Skillsoft...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Podcasts
Elearning gives Catapult Technology a competitive advantage
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
Katie Cawood from Catapult Technology describes how Skillsoft has helped Catapult employees earn over 150 certifications in the last three years. In turn, this has helped them win new...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Podcasts
The TELUS Leadership Philosophy
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
TELUS' Dan Pontefract highlights the parallels TELUS sees between Skillsoft’s asset offerings and the TELUS Leadership Philosophy, which focuses on engagement, connection and collaboration before...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Whitepapers
A Blueprint for Integrating Learning into the Life of the Enterprise in Five Manageable Stages
February 25, 2013, 12:00am PST
During turbulent economic times learning professionals need to tackle both what is important and what is urgent. Learning programs must closely align with your organization’s strategic goals. The...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Whitepapers
Effective, flexible leadership in the 21st century
June 1, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Not surprisingly, today's leaders must be more flexible, collaborative, and creative than before. The world is changing. Competition is emerging more rapidly. To stay ahead, you need to leverage...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Whitepapers
Establishing IT Operations in Emerging Markets: Strategies to Connect to the Global Infrastructure
December 5, 2012, 12:00am PST
Strategic IT leaders face a double challenge: IT exists to serve the company, and must understand the business units' needs -- but those business units exist to serve the clients and customers,...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
IT Cost-Saving Initiatives: How to Change Processes, Maximize Resources, and Stay on Track
December 5, 2012, 12:00am PST
Every new technology must add value to the business and reduce operating expenses. Fortunately, savings can be found everywhere if you are willing to accept that nothing is out of bounds. Three...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
How SkillSoft Learning Impacts Performance of Individuals and Organizations
December 5, 2012, 12:00am PST
Headline: Use Learning to Achieve a Business Advantage Over Your Competition Research shows that organizations with a strong learning culture outperform their peers in terms of innovation,...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Whitepapers
5 Fallacies about the Role of Learning Content in Talent Management
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
As larger vendors begin assembling the pieces of an end-to-end human capital management platform, their focus has largely been on the integration of learning management system (LMS) functionality...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Podcasts
Arinc prepares managers for project management certification
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
ARINC utilizes Skillsoft project management content, creating learning programs aligned to various levels of projects. Skillsoft resources also help their PMPs maintain certification with PDUs.
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Podcasts
Catapult Technology relies on Skillsoft IT training resources to remain up-to-date
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
Certification exams change quickly. Skillsoft resources are always updated fast to reflect the most current examination. Catapult's employees have been impressed with the quality of the materials...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Podcasts
The Distinct Edge Group leverages Skillsoft project management content
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
Virginia Clark, Co-founder of The Distinct Edge Group and former CLO of SAP and Unisys, utilizes Skillsoft content with clients to prepare employees for the project management certification. It's...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Podcasts
Unisys needs IT content geared to certifications
December 4, 2012, 12:00am PST
John Heyman, Director Global Operations & Finance, Unisys University discusses how he leverages Skillsoft training resources focused on IT certifications and leadership development.
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Whitepapers
Guide to Improving First-Time IT Certification Pass Rates
April 4, 2012, 12:00am PDT
IT professional certifications are critical for many businesses. Certifications help business leaders feel confident that the people charged with designing and maintaining their mission-critical...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Working Around the Clock: How HR & IT Collaboration Can Improve Global HCM
April 4, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Three HR leaders discuss how working around the clock has become a painful reality for many companies as they grapple with the challenges of staying competitive across languages, cultures, and...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Relinquishing the Reins: Reaping the Benefits of Empowering Your IT Team
April 4, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Empowering the IT staff is essential for maximizing an organization's productivity, value, and growth. Real authority and responsibility is the prime catalyst for employee engagement and...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
Whitepapers
IT Cost-Saving Initiatives: Change Processes and Maximize Resources
April 4, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Every new technology must add value to the business and reduce operating expenses. Fortunately, savings can be found everywhere if you are willing to accept that nothing is out of bounds. Three...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Establishing IT Operations in Emerging Markets
April 4, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Strategic IT leaders face a double challenge: IT exists to serve the company, and must understand the business units' needs - but those business units exist to serve the clients and customers,...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Koch Industries, Inc.- Managing compliance training through e-learning
October 14, 2011, 12:00am PDT
With thousands of employees spread across hundreds of sites, delivering and tracking compliance training is extremely difficult. Koch Industries places huge emphasis on the health and safety of...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Evaluating e-Learning Solutions: Choosing the Right Business Solution for Your Organization
October 14, 2011, 12:00am PDT
e-Learning has brought about a revolution of learning via technology allowing organizations to deliver a wide range of personalized training content and greater access to community-based...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Christiana Care Health System - Leadership excellence in health care
October 14, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Christiana Care saw the need to provide consistent and ongoing leadership skills education to all of its managers. Existing leadership programs focused on newly hired or newly promoted managers,...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Christiana Care Health System - Healthcare IT department develops project leaders through e-learning
October 14, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Christiana Care's IT department supports various projects throughout the health system that often require specialized training or expertise in particular IT areas, as well as project management...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
The Engagement-Performance Equation
September 7, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Employee engagement and employee performance management truly go hand and hand. The goal for both is to create alignment between the needs, desires, skills and activities of individuals and what...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Guide to Reducing Scrap Learning
September 7, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Scrap learning-learning which is successfully delivered but not applied on the job-comes with high costs. When your employees can't put what they've learned into practice, you've wasted effort,...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Whitepapers
Five Calls To Make When Developing a Mobile Learning Strategy
June 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT
With smartphones becoming commonplace and new mobile devices such as tablets skyrocketing in popularity, the interest in mobile learning has begun to heat up as well. Many organizations see the...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
White Papers
The Eight Truths of Social Learning. Now.
April 26, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Many learning professionals are keenly interested in the topic of social learning but relatively few organizations have begun to implement it. One reason is that it is difficult to separate the...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
White Papers
Linking Learning to Talent Management: The Key to Accelerating Workforce Performance
April 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Talent Management has grown significantly in recent years as more and more organizations have recognized the value of aligning workforce planning with business strategy. But talent management...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Moving the Needle: How SkillSoft Learning Impacts Performance of Individuals and Organizations
April 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
What value does SkillSoft training provide to individuals and organizations? In late 2010 we asked KnowledgeAdvisors, the world's largest learning analytics firm, to conduct an independent study...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
The most popular IT Topics for the year 2010
April 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
At the end of each year, the product team at Books24x7 collects and analyzes the usage data from the millions of Books24x7 subscribers. The group looks at the most viewed titles across all of its...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
White Papers
Reinventing Leadership Development: Proactive and Progressive Strategies:
April 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
In this tough business climate, this ExecBlueprint's authors see manifold opportunity-for those leaders who can not only change with the times, but who are capable of leading the charge. Such...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
10x10x10 Framework: A Model for Creating a Nimble, Adaptable Global Workforce:
April 4, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Time is the single most precious asset in today's fast-paced business world. Business professionals must make the most of every minute of every day, even as demands on their time have increased...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
A Set of Best Practices for Targeting, Aligning and Measuring Learning
March 23, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Learning expectations have never been higher. Changes in the global marketplace and work force demographics are accentuating the need to leverage human capital as a competitive differentiator....
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Learning For The Sustainable Enterprise
March 23, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Sustainability is now a hot trend, and often it is associated with environmental responsibility. However, the environmental benefit is just one of the positive outcomes of a sustainable approach....
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
How Your Organization Can Profit From On-Demand Learning
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Change is a constant in today's business world, and any company that does not address the ever-pressing need to train its employees in new processes, technologies, and regulatory requirements will...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Lessons Learned in Successful Implementation of Enterprise Learning
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Many companies believe that learning is one of the primary experiences their staff should be having as an employee. An effective enterprise learning system must be structured and implemented with...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
White Papers
Training Vs. Hiring: Developing Your Staff When Hiring Is Not an Option
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
In today's down economy, employee retention and development may be the last thing on your company leaders' minds. Fearful of the future, they feel reluctant to add more staff even if they have the...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
White Papers
Conflicting Cultures: How to Effectively Manage Your Multigenerational IT Department
March 15, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This ExecBlueprint discusses how today's CTO/CIO can utilize the varying skills, backgrounds, and work habits that a multigenerational team brings to the table to build a high-performing IT...
Provided by SkillSoft
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