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- Reacting to the Economic Slowdown: Cutting Hidden IT Costs
- 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. Technology leaders must look for ways to deliver greater value for less money. This begins with aligning with the...
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Cost, SkillSoft, IT Cost Containment, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-06-05
- Developing and Fostering an Agile Organization
- 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 doing business. Constant change is essential to business success, and it begins with people. Business and HR leaders must work...
- Tags: Human Resources, SkillSoft, Business Agility, Leadership, Management
- White papers 2009-06-05
- Choosing a Vendor: 8 Key Points to Consider When You Need to Outsource
- 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 complete projects that your department doesn't have the capacity to do while creating a relationship from...
- Tags: Outsource, Vendor, SkillSoft, Marketing Research, Outsourcing, Marketing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2009-06-05
- Cautious Growth: Tending to Your Core Business
- 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 mission: to formulate long-term strategy. However, the opposite can also occur: a visionary CEO can become...
- Tags: SkillSoft, CEO, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-06-05
- Building a Strategic Framework: Helping Employees Understand the Company's Mission and Goals
- 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 objectives. In many companies, however, employees cannot independently assess how their own efforts specifically contribute toward...
- Tags: Employee, Performance, SkillSoft, Performance Management, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
- White papers 2009-06-05
- Best of the Best: Acquiring Top Talent for Your Company
- 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 specific companies pose such as location. They emphasize using a variety of recruiting options and asking the right...
- Tags: Talent, Hiring, SkillSoft, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources
- White papers 2009-06-05
- Learning for the Sustainable Enterprise: How Investment in Learning Drives Long Term Competitive Advantage
- 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 are the ultimate renewable resource. An investment in employees pays long term dividends, literally and figuratively. Bringing learning to all levels...
- Tags: Competitive Advantage, SkillSoft, Investment, Finance
- White papers 2009-02-01
- Building Your IT Staff: Essential Experience and Skill Sets for Tomorrow's Challenges
- 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 and Skill Sets for Tomorrow's Challenges
- Tags: Information Technology, SkillSoft, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Leadership Training: Three Perspectives on Development Methods That Work
- 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 on Development Methods That Work
- Tags: Talent, SkillSoft, Workforce Management, Leadership, Human Resources, Management
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Why Talent Walks Out the Door
- 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, regardless of whether they are ready for retirement or the organisation is ready to lose them. It is even more bizarre...
- Tags: Talent, Retirement, SkillSoft, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Workforce Management, Personal Finance, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-10-13
- The Business Benefits of e-Learning in High-Growth Companies
- High-growth companies use learning and development as a strategic tool to help their organizations grow, beat the competition, and maintain their competitive edge in the marketplace. This research report from Bersin & Associates looks at learning strategies and the use of e-learning technologies in high-growth companies - by focusing on...
- Tags: Benefit, SkillSoft, E-learning, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-07-02
- The True Value of Learning
- Yogi Berra, that paragon of word manipulation, exposition and baseball, is often quoted as saying, "The future ain't what it used to be." And, surprisingly, so it is in the world of learning measurement. Training departments cannot be sustained based on how well they do against their training budgets. This...
- Tags: Training, SkillSoft, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-06-27
- Developing a Sustainable IT Compliance Program
- Today's IT compliance environment is becoming increasingly complex, driven by pressures in both the legislative environment and in technology itself. The legislative environment around IT is extremely complicated and changing rapidly. Companies must now respond to legislation at the state, national, and international levels — nvironments which are complex...
- Tags: Information Technology, Environment, Compliance, SkillSoft, Technology Trend, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-02-26
- How to Lead and Manage the IT-Literate Workforce
- When it comes to IT knowledge, the literacy of non-technical staff at U.S. companies still varies from near-expert to no-clue. However, now that IT technology is supporting virtually every industry, people who are functionally IT-illiterate are handicapping themselves — and their companies. While levels of IT expertise in the general...
- Tags: Information Technology, SkillSoft, Workforce, Strategy, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources
- White papers 2007-12-23
- Leveraging IT Innovation: Releasing Business Potential Through the Creative Use of IT
- When it comes to describing a highly-functional IT department's best attributes, "creativity" may not necessarily come to mind. Yet, innovating new technologies and applying existing ones in new ways does involve a creative process. However, because these products must also serve a strategic need or goal of the company, the...
- Tags: Innovation, Information Technology, SkillSoft, Strategy, Leadership, Management
- White papers 2007-11-17
- The Impact of Work Force Agility on Business Performance
- Agility is an issue that is becoming more and more prominent in businesses across industries. While it is a common goal, its meaning can be somewhat ambiguous. Depending on the context, agility can mean different things to different organizational units. But one common thread persists: the accelerating speed of change....
- Tags: Performance, Agility, SkillSoft, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- White papers 2007-11-16
- Extending Reach and Ensuring Effectiveness of Leadership Development: The Role of Technology-Based Learning
- Leadership is an important element of organizational success. So, it is not surprising that many companies look for ways to extend the benefits of leadership development to more employees. Technology-based learning approaches such as online courses, books and video programs can be used effectively to develop employees at all levels....
- Tags: SkillSoft, Leadership Development, Leadership, Corporate Communications, Management, Marketing
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Leading a Company to Embrace and Capitalize on Innovation
- Virtually every company that plans to remain viable throughout the ebbs and flows of the business cycle needs to be innovative in a way that's appropriate for its industry. "Innovation," therefore, can apply in many areas: construction methods, advertising techniques, Internet technologies. The whole process of innovating, however,...
- Tags: Innovation, SkillSoft, CEO, Leadership, Strategy, Productivity, Management
- White papers 2007-07-25
- Oracle Case Study: SkillSoft
- After a recent merger with SmartForce, SkillSoft looked for better ways to manage the customer lifecycle for its newly expanded customer base. SkillSoft needed to gain a real-time view of customer information, support cases, and the results of its sales and marketing efforts. SkillSoft successfully - and rapidly - upgraded...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SkillSoft, Marketing Research, Marketing
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