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A survey by Kahoot! shows a significant skills gap among professionals who present.
A survey by Kahoot! shows a significant skills gap among professionals who present.
Global learning and talent development provider Hemsley Fraser has been listed in Training Industry’s Top 20 Leadership Training Companies for 2024. This latest award maintains Hemsley’s unbroken record of making the learning industry’s top notch line-up every year since the inception of the awards.
Imparta Ltd, a global leader in performance improvement for customer-facing teams, has announced the release of i-Coach AI, the world’s first sales methodology-aware AI.
Groundbreaking LMS business model aims to revolutionise training for organisations; interview with Alison CEO, Mike Feerick.
Groundbreaking LMS business model aims to revolutionise training for organisations; interview with Alison CEO, Mike Feerick.
Training Industry has named Imparta a Top Sales Training and Enablement Company for the 14th consecutive year.
A new report from Hemsley Fraser has found that UK and global companies are starting to use managed learning services providers in a more strategic advisory role alongside outsourced L&D programme provision as they build resilience to meet changing learning, upskilling and talent management needs. The study, called "Industry Report: the evolution of managed learning", also revealed that most organisations plan to expand their use of outsourcing over the next 12-18 months as they require “more with less”.
Omniplex Learning’s Leena Randhawa joins Learning News to discuss a new qualification for instructional designers.
Omniplex Learning’s Leena Randhawa joins Learning News to discuss a new qualification for instructional designers.
Hemsley Fraser has launched its new management & leadership programme that helps managers and leaders develop the key capabilities needed for success in today's fast-changing work environments. The new programme helps enterprises and fast-growth firms alike deliver modern and authentic leadership training while its preconfigured elements take the heavy lifting out of organisations designing and delivering their leadership programmes.
In its 12th Year, The Blue Eskimo L&D work and Salary Report is based on a survey of over 900 Learning and Development professionals across all disciplines.
Imparta has expanded in the US with the purchase of a sales organisation development business; Lisa Doyle from VPP joins Learning News to discuss the acquisition and the challenges sales teams face.
Imparta has expanded in the US with the purchase of a sales organisation development business; Lisa Doyle from VPP joins Learning News to discuss the acquisition and the challenges sales teams face.
Microsoft is to invest £2.5 billion in the UK over three years in AI infrastructure and skills; Chancellor welcomes investment in future growth and innovation.
Imparta is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of Selling Power’s Top Virtual Sales Training Companies in 2023.
Skillstech has become a billion dollar market, with no signs of slowing. So why has it become so important, and what do businesses need to understand about the skillstech landscape?
Microsoft is aiming to equip 1 million people with the skills needed to thrive in the AI-enabled economy.
New Cornerstone research reveals major uptick in demand for professional skills development and self-directed learning.
Steve Thompson, former Senior Director of Learning and Talent at Greystar and recently appointed Chief Learning Officer at 5app, joins Learning News to discuss Greystar’s award-winning learning academies.
Steve Thompson, former Senior Director of Learning and Talent at Greystar and recently appointed Chief Learning Officer at 5app, joins Learning News to discuss Greystar’s award-winning learning academies.
Marshall launches a range of five advanced e-learning courses in diversity to empower organisations with the knowledge, resources and tools needed to drive impactful change.
Richard Barkey, Founder and CEO of Imparta, comments on Imparta's latest acquisition of VantagePoint Performance, the US-based sales training organisation.
New CIM Specialist Awards provides cost effective and convenient upskilling amidst industry skills shortage; Nine credit, stackable qualifications, allow marketers to study a variety of key topics flexibly; New qualifications are Ofqual regulated at Level 6.
Only 56% of women report having access to upskilling compared to 73% of men; study of 1,500 American workers aged 25 to 45.
New programme from Imparta to prepare sales teams for greater involvement with senior managers.
New programme from Imparta to prepare sales teams for greater involvement with senior managers.
An engaging community app for senior L&D professionals.
PageTiger’s training course ‘TigerClass Live’ is now officially certified by the CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Certification Service in the UK, giving its customers an opportunity to earn hours towards their CPD Qualification.
Revolutionising the future of work with advanced skill taxonomies, custom frameworks, AI-enhanced career guidance, and an holistic approach to skill development and assessment.
Global learning and talent development provider wins noted awards for work contributing to Shell and BAE's leadership and blended learning development programmes.
Hemsley Fraser will be running a session on connectedness at the Learning Live conference and exhibition 2023 in London on Wednesday, September 13th. The presentation will examine the benefits of connectedness for organisations and provide practical steps that leaders and managers can take to build their teams’ capabilities.
Imparta has been invited to deliver a webinar to ISP members and the wider sales community focused on the business acumen that is needed to sell successfully to company executives.
The platform’s latest move will aid organizations in delivering professional training and assessments.
Hemsley Fraser has been selected as a Top 20 Learning Service Company by Training Industry, Inc., the market-leading research and information source for corporate learning needs. This listing highlights Hemsley’s ability to deliver end-to-end or focused solutions for the outsourced management of organisations’ training activities and processes. Services can include content development, learning administration, learning delivery, vendor management, measurement and analytics, learning strategy, learning technology and more.
Bridge’s new upskilling platform, Skills Plus, adds AI-based automation to the employee development processes.
Marshall E-Learning (Marshalls), part of the Ciphr Group, is launching 20 new training courses for FCA-regulated banks, insurers, and other financial services providers to ensure their employees are up-to-speed with the latest legislative changes and regulatory requirements.
73% of UK organisations are experiencing skills shortages; remains one of the major challenges facing employers.
Global learning and talent development provider Hemsley Fraser continues to benchmark the L&D profession’s role in business success with the 2023 edition of its Learning & Development Impact Survey
Imparta's new on-demand webinar, "Sales Negotiation: How to Win in 2023," addresses the challenges posed by inflation as businesses strive for discounts and flexible payment terms. Led by industry experts Richard Barkey and Jonas Olsson, the webinar covers crucial topics such as types of negotiators, understanding procurement, capturing and creating value, and disarming powerful procurement tactics. In a poll, participants acknowledged that poor negotiation skills led to a loss of over 5% in price, highlighting the potential for a 50% profit improvement through enhanced skills.
CLO100 is excited to announce its partnership with THRIVE, an innovative digital learning and skills platform designed to provide delegates with an unparalleled experience on the Learning Leaders Programme.
With Skillways from Ease Learning, Open LMS users can enhance their efforts to build and measure learners’ skills.
Scott Bradbury, the UK-based digital learning resources publisher, has just announced a 41% increase in revenues from its WATCH & GO resources subscriptions.
Scott Bradbury, the online resources publisher, launches resources to support financial wellbeing education in the workplace.
To coincide with its twentieth birthday Scott Bradbury, the online learning resources publisher, launches its 20/20 campaign.
Hemsley Fraser has been named as one of Training Industry’s Top 20 Leadership Training Companies for 2023, maintaining its record of making the prestigious learning industry listing in every year since it was established 14 years ago. The accolade marks another stage in Hemsley’s ongoing evolution, helping organisations, leaders and employees worldwide get ready for today’s ever-changing world of work.
Hemsley Fraser been named a Potential Leader in the 2023 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning from Fosway, Europe’s #1 HR industry analyst. The Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning is an invaluable resource for organisations looking to identify and select the right digital learning solutions in today’s fast-changing world of work.
Training Industry announces Imparta as a Top Training Company in 2023 in the Sales Training & Enablement sector of the corporate learning and development (L&D) market.
Learning and talent-development provider Hemsley Fraser has created a new framework designed to develop the best managers and leaders. Highly flexible and adaptive, the leadership and management framework can accommodate the different dynamics and contexts required by organisations of every size as well as all types of industries. Working with subject experts and customers globally, Hemsley has asked the question; what does good people management look like in today’s unpredictable global work environment? The new framework is the response to this and takes a human-centric approach that is enabled by technology, not driven by it.
To support this year’s Learning at Work Week Scott Bradbury, the online resources publisher, has created a toolkit for L&D professionals.
Maintaining LPI accreditation has allowed Imparta to deliver its research-based, award-winning sales methodologies in the most effective way possible.
CoachHub, the leading global digital coaching platform, announces its CoachHub Executive™ programme, which includes a new cohort of executive coaches.
Imparta and ERM awarded Gold in the Learning Impact category at the Learning Awards for the highly successful Client Development Program (CDP).
The City & Guilds Foundation and Breakthrough, the UK’s first apprenticeship provider to recruit directly from prisons, have entered a new partnership to support prison leavers into employment.
Interview with Leena Randhawa from Omniplex Learning on learning design skills, design challenges and accessibility.
Interview with Leena Randhawa from Omniplex Learning on learning design skills, design challenges and accessibility.
Trends report by Cornerstone highlights greater use of AI to predict skills needs and growth in learning content for DEIB, health and wellbeing and sustainability.
The Edge Hub appoints leaders in technology and investment to the board to enhance regional digital skills and innovation growth.
Interview with Claire Cologne from Imparta about the cashflow challenges faced by businesses during recession and the positive effect sales teams can have.
Imparta has been named a finalist for the Learning Impact award for the highly successful Client Development Programme (CDP) in partnership with Environmental Resources Management (ERM).
Imparta digital badging and certification makes it easy for organisations teams to recognise achievement, support learning and development and celebrate success.
Learning and people development provider Hemsley Fraser is in the mix for 2023 Learning Awards following an innovative leadership programme for a global defence and aerospace firm.
Coaching is becoming more important yet the gap in the skills to provide it and knowledge about coaching is widening.
Leadership, resilience, digital ability, creativity, collaboration, people management and critical thinking are the key skills that customers of the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Learning Solutions, want their staff developing in 2022.
Marketing seen as having good salary, career progression, variable career entry choices and transferable skills but with concerns over well-being: interview with Maggie Jones, Chartered Institute of Marketing.
New videos on team health and wellbeing, from British digital learning resources publisher Scott Bradbury, address topics recently voted by members of the Learning and Performance Institute as being amongst their top five challenges.
Imparta is delighted to announce that it has won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Gold award for excellence in the Best Program for Sales Training and Performance category for its highly successful Client Development Programme (CDP) in partnership with Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consultancy.
Rising inflation means that sales professionals are increasingly having to have price increase conversations with their customers, even against the backdrop of supply chain challenges. If not managed effectively, customer trust that may have taken years to develop can easily be lost. Imparta continues to support the sales community with a new complimentary session dedicated to sharing the skills, knowledge, tools, and best practice needed to manage these challenging conversations.
Learning and people development provider Hemsley Fraser has been listed as a Top 20 Training Company for 2022 for Online Learning Libraries by the leading corporate learning research resource, Training Industry.
Imparta’s latest webinar provides essential guidance on surviving and thriving the next couple of years through unlocking the full potential of existing accounts.
Imparta, a global leader in performance improvement across Sales, Account Management, Negotiation, Customer Success and Customer Experience has been named a Top Sales Training Companies in 2022 by Selling Power Magazine.
Imparta has announced today that it has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales Training Providers.*
Training Industry Inc. has announced its selections for the 2022 Top Training Companies™ lists for the Sales Training and Enablement sector of the learning and development (L&D) market.
Technology consultancy, Thoughtworks, has joined the Data Analytics Career Accelerator, a new programme developed by The London School of Economics and Political Science and online education company FourthRev.
Imparta demonstrate ongoing success in overcoming challenges associated with migrating to a wholly virtual learning environment, and continue to deliver world-class sales and service training, as well as incredible business results, in unpredictable times.
Coaching and mentoring are making a strong return to learning and development as go to strategies for building skills. Learning News asks the coaching specialist, Laura Walker, for her views on how modern coaching is evolving.
New ebook discerns the difference between reskilling for talent development, and upskilling for high performance.
The 2021 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards are given for outstanding work in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Performance, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Future of Work.
Hemsley Fraser partners with 5-star Amazon author and L&D expert Laura Walker to provide a new suite of coaching services.
Neoskill will be launching their “Developing Your Storytelling Skills” course to help organisations transform how they communicate, at Learning Live 2021.
FourthRev and The London School of Economics and Political Science launch first ‘Career Accelerator’ in data analytics.
The LPI has launched a new tool for learning leaders that helps them to build a performance-oriented learning culture and evaluate and compare their performance and strategic approach against others.
Speexx is making the language learning journey more personal with new updates around personalization in the product and making customization a top priority.
One in seven (71%) 16-24 year olds (Gen Z) believe they have missed out on training opportunities due to Covid19; Over a third (36%) of students say they feel less confident in their ability since the pandemic; 35% of students have undertaken additional training amid post-pandemic job market concerns.
As the global climate crisis mounts, more and more businesses are looking at the steps they can take to save energy, reduce their carbon footprint and make a more positive impact on the environment.
With planned easing of COVID-19 restrictions in England just around the corner, Nimble Elearning have put together a course to help get employees back to the office safely and with confidence – whether via a hybrid model, or bringing a full workforce back to their desks.
Hybrid working is about to impact almost every organisation, but how well prepared is business? How will managers and teams adapt to new, more agile ways of working?
Government funding for ICT skills for post-16 learners is set to change. From August, funding will switch to a new set of Essential Digital Skills Qualifications.
eLearning Industry name Kineo on list of top content providers for soft skills training.
As part of an exclusive partnership agreement, Learning Tree has developed the world's first SecDevOps certification course in collaboration with the DevOps Institute, and has been fully accredited as part of their certification program.
Imparta is delighted to announce that it has been included on Selling Power’s Top 25 Sales Training Companies 2021 list for another year. Richard Barkey, Imparta CEO and Founder said "Over the past 12 months, we have worked closer with our clients than ever before, creating programs to help them adapt to virtual selling, but also to respond to dramatic changes in their customers’ needs, decision criteria, risks and negotiating stances."
Workplace learning and training has been turned upside down since the global pandemic. HR and learning and development professionals needed to pivot quickly to respond to the new demands of the workplace.
Over half of UK businesses are concerned about missing out on key strategic deliverables as a result of digital skills shortages and 81% will need to recruit from outside of UK over the next year.
For Mental Health Awareness Week Sales Impact Academy is teaming up with Sales Psyche, an educational platform on mental wellbeing for sales professionals.
Chartered Institute of Marketing granted end-point level 7 assessor status; Cranfield School of Management has launched the first master’s-level Marketing and Leadership programme compatible with the senior leader standard and CIM qualifications; Follows research that highlights that the UK senior marketing community needs to upskill, as digital skills have fallen amongst heads of department.
Training Industry announces its selections for the 2021 Top Training Companies™ lists for the sales training and enablement sector of the learning and development (L&D) market. Imparta was selected in the prestigious list for the 11th year in a row.
Richard Barkey, founder of Imparta, joins Learning News to discuss the challenges of selling online and skills that sales professionals can benefit from working on.
To support the sales community through the pandemic and beyond Imparta is continuing to deliver webinars throughout 2021, starting next week with two compelling sessions on Mastering Virtual Presence.
Nimble Elearning has released a special lockdown edition of ‘The course of true love’ in time for Valentine’s Day.
Barefoot E Learning and Imagine Performance today announced they have collaborated to create a complete package of resources to help those working from home. The Barefoot suite of CPD accredited online courses and Imagine Performance’s Perform™ Remote Working platform enable a learner to become fully prepared for remote working and track they are implementing their learning in their workplace, wherever that might be.
Course takes individuals with zero industry experience, to job-ready analysts in just six months
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