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The Art of Storytelling

By Kevin Young

Once upon a time there was a disgruntled employee who fell asleep for 100 years during a PowerPoint training session. Sound familiar? Remarkably so if you’re the one trying to teach your workforce new skills using the same tired methods.

Sadly, this type of training experience isn’t unusual for many of today’s workers, who often leave a session feeling drained and having retained very little. When choosing a training provider, business leaders often get caught up in thinking about what is included in the course, rather than the delivery of the information itself, which is just as important.

So when looking for options to refresh your training programme, why not consider the age-old concept of storytelling? Here are my top tips for a happily ever after...

 

Are You Liable Under the UK Bribery Act?

We are pleased to bring you a guest blog post today from Laura Livingstone, an employment partner at Davenport Lyons, a leading London-based commercial law firm. SkillSoft recently partnered with Davenport Lyons to develop a new Legal Compliance e-learning course for the UK Bribery Act of 2010.

By Laura Livingstone, Davenport Lyons

The UK Bribery Act came into effect three months ago, setting stringent ethical standards for any company conducting business in the UK. Under the new legislation, companies’ senior officers are now liable for employees engaging in both the bribery of government officials and any corruption that occurs between private organizations and persons. In addition, it also makes a separate violation out of companies’ failure to prevent bribery in the first place. However, the UK Bribery Act does provide one defense for organizational liability: employee training.

A Great Leader Once Said…

To learn more about SkillSoft’s Leadership solutions please visit http://www.skillsoft.com/solutions/leadership_development.asp, download the Leadership Info Graphic http://www.skillsoft.com/infographic/leadership-infographic.pdf

 

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Identify Targeted Resources to Support Performance Appraisals

By Margot Cook, Learning Strategist, SkillSoft

Fall is one of my favorite seasons: cooler days, longer nights, crisp air, Halloween, Thanksgiving and football. It’s a time of reflection about the past year and excitement for the start of a new year. From a business perspective, it marks the beginning (or end) of performance review season.

As part of the performance review process, we start reflecting on what we’ve accomplished over the year, and what we need to work on for the next year. Sometimes, there’s a gap. We may know what we need to work on, but may be unsure of the resources available.

Critical to any performance review is an understanding of the competencies or skills that are needed to be successful. Competencies are generally created for job roles at various levels within an organization: individual contributor; manager; executive. At the end of the performance review discussion, should leave knowing where they have succeeded and where they need development.