The days of harassment training being a box-checking are over – it’s time to invest in training that changes behavior on an organizational level. At a very minimum, effective training should encompass three areas: 1. DEFINITIONS: Employees should be able to identify victims and the legal criteria that establish unlawful harassment. 2. RECOGNITION: Through real-life…

Skill Benchmarks are the only skills assessments designed to help learners build the world’s most in-demand competencies and vetted learning objectives. Every question on a Skill Benchmark is tied to a specific learning objective defined by recognized subject-matter experts. When an employee answers a question correctly, you can be confident they’re demonstrating practical expertise in…

If you’re not fostering a culture of compliance with external regulations and internal policy, your company risks employee injury, fines, legal settlements and potential losses in sales, stock value and brand reputation. A strategic approach to implementing a compliance mindset in your organization can guard against this. It’s a significant change with significant rewards. THE…

Your workforce needs you to restore the sense of community that once empowered them to build, share, and apply their knowledge — together. But “together” has a whole new meaning in a pandemic. So, learning professionals must meet employees where they are. With the Skillsoft Percipio app for Microsoft Teams, you’ll engage your people in…

In recent months, three seismic shifts have convened to disrupt business as usual: a global pandemic, a widespread call for social justice, and tremendous economic uncertainty. It’s no surprise that employees around the globe are looking for stability, support, and reassurance. And that puts HR leaders on the front line…

The Learning Process doesn’t stop!   Today, throughout the country, businesses are starting to reopen. What will that look like? How will we reset our behavior and habits? Can we reboot the economy while maintaining all that we’ve done to protect ourselves? Every business – and workforce – must address these questions in its own…

Distance doesn’t stop the Learning Process.   Being Essential and Skillsoft are grateful to release solutions for you and your employees to leverage during this global crisis. Our priority is to ensure that you have the tools to operate effectively during this period of uncertainty as we all work to protect against the spread of…

Visionary content prepares learners at all levels of the organization with critical competencies to improve leadership effectiveness and adaptability in an age of continuous innovation MIT Sloan Management Review, a research-based magazine and digital platform for business executives published at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Skillsoft, a global leader in corporate learning, are…