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Exec|Comm, a premier communication
skills training and consulting firm,
announced a partnership with Gsponer,
an independent Swiss consulting
company, to deliver communication
and leadership training throughout
continental Europe. Through a major
expansion to its global services,
Exec|Comm certified coaches will now
be located in six additional international
cities.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. acquires
CrossKnowledge, a learning solutions
provider focused on leadership and
managerial skills development for $175
million in cash. Steve Smith, President
and CEO of Wiley, feels that this addition
will position them as a trend leader in the
area of enterprise talent management
by addressing skill, productivity and
performance gaps, and a shift to
e-learning solutions.

Richardson, a leading global sales
training and performance improvement
company, announced a partnership
with SAVO, the market leader in sales
enablement. Together, the two companies
have developed SAVO Sales Process
Pro Richardson Edition, an application
that allows sales and marketing leaders
to reinforce training and execute best
practices through coaching at each stage
of the sales cycle.

Corporate Visions announced it has
acquired Launch International, a unique
communications company specializing in
marketing and sales enablement content.
This deal further enhances Corporate
Visions' customer conversation system
and expands its market leadership
position as the largest provider of
consulting, content and training products
and services for helping companies
improve their selling conversations.

Corporate Executive Board (CEB),
the leading member-based advisory
company, announced it has acquired
KnowledgeAdvisors, the pioneer and
leading provider of analytics solutions
for talent development professionals, for
approximately $52 million. As a result of
this acquisition, CEB is uniquely positioned
to help senior executives optimize
investments that drive development ROI
and ultimately corporate performance.

GP Strategies completed its acquisition of
the Effective-People and Effective-Learning
companies to add to its GP Strategies'
Learning Solutions group. Leading
providers of human capital management
solutions, Effective-People and EffectiveLearning offers sales and support of the
full SAP SuccessFactors Business Execution
(BizX) Platform, e-learning and blended
learning solutions, as well as recruitment
and employee development services.

INDUST RYNE WS
Federal Government Lagging on
Millennial Recruitment, Leadership
Development
With an aging workforce and shrinking
budgets,
federal
and
defense
organizations face several unique
challenges in building their next
generation of leaders. At the top of the list
of challenges is failed talent management
initiatives, revealed by a new survey from
Cornerstone OnDemand, conducted in
collaboration with WBR Digital.
Harvard Business Publishing Helps
Organizations Drive Performance
Harvard Business Publishing has
announced the new release of Harvard
ManageMentor®, the premier on-demand
learning resource for leadership and
management development. Through
an innovative work-based approach,

the new Harvard ManageMentor guides
learners to apply what they learn directly
to their work, to accelerate learning and
drive business impact.
New Book Explores Steps in Helping
Leaders Achieve Change
In the new book, "Change Now! Five Steps
to Better Leadership," researchers from
the Center for Creative Leadership distill
the theory and tactics behind personal
transformation into a hands-on, stepby-step guide that enables leaders to
evaluate their current situation, identify
potential areas of improvement and make
the changes that matter most.
Survey Results Show Many Leadership
Teams Out of Touch
Many corporate teams operate as though
stuck in a leadership bubble, according to

a survey of more than 300 executives and
managers conducted by AMA Enterprise.
One-third of respondents believe their
leadership is stuck in a bubble most
of the time, while another half said it
happens on occasion. Only 18 percent
indicated their leadership team has not
lost touch with the organization.

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