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COMPANY
NEWS
ACQUISITIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
The Center for Leadership Studies
(CLS), the home of the Situational
Leadership Model, announced its
partnership with NovoEd, the leading
social
and
collaborative
learning
platform for deep capability building.
The partnership will power CLS' digitally
transformed program, Situational
Leadership Essentials for Managers.
SumTotal Systems, a Skillsoft company
and global leader in talent acquisition,
onboarding, learning management
and talent management solutions,
announced a strategic partnership
with Udemy Business, the corporate
training division of Udemy. This
partnership will make SumTotal the
first learning management experience
platform (LMXP) to sell Udemy
Business content.
Richardson Sales Performance,
the leader in global sales training,
acquired Double Digit Sales (DDS).
Formerly known as Fusion Learning,
DDS is a leading Canadian provider
of sales training solutions. The
acquisition will allow Richardson Sales
Performance to continue providing
their unmatched suite of capabilities
and
global
coverage,
a
strategic
empowering
enterprise sales organizations.
CoachHub, the digital coaching leader,
announced
partnership
with EMCC Global, a professional
membership body that sets ethical and
accreditation standards for the coaching
industry. The first-of-its-kind, five-year
engagement will allow the two parties to
collaborate on improving professional
standards among the coaching industry.
INDUSTRY NEWS
IMPROVING DIVERSITY IN THE
TECH INDUSTRY
OneTen, the coalition of business
leaders committed to a 10-year plan
of providing family-sustaining careers
for one million Black individuals
without four-year degrees, announced
a partnership with Merit America,
the national workforce development
nonprofit. The partnership will help
train and place several thousand
workers without college degrees into
tech careers by 2024.
ADDRESSING THE CYBERSECURITY
SKILLS GAP
GuidePoint Security, the cybersecurity
solutions leader, announced its
creation of GuidePoint Security
University, a training and development
pipeline for cybersecurity skills
and their application to real-world
problems. The pipeline is aimed at
filling the growing cybersecurity skills
gap, and is intended for students,
transitioning service members or
those coming to cybersecurity from
other industries.
USING VIDEOS TO ACCELERATE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Coursera, Inc., the leading provider of
online learning platforms, introduced
Clips, which will
enable companies
to make skill development content
more accessible to employees,
allowing them to begin learning
skills in under 10 minutes. This new
offering will empower learning
leaders to drive employee retention
and accelerate their companies'
transformation efforts.
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ONLINE LEARNING TO CLOSE THE
TECH SKILLS GAPS
Built In, the skill-building and news
platform for tech professionals,
announced the launch of Learning
Lab, in partnership with Udemy, a
leading destination for learning online,
and Udacity, a digital transformation
platform. Learning Lab offers
certifications and courses on technical
skills like data science, mobile design
and growth hacking.
eLearning Brothers acquired CoreAxis,
a leader in creative training design,
development and on-demand learning
resources. CoreAxis is a provider
of staff augmentation solutions and
corporate training services, with custom
blended learning and leadership
development experience offerings.
The acquisition further positions
eLearning Brothers as an all-in-one
solution for companies looking to
improve learning experiences.
Pearson, the world leader in learning,
acquired Mondly, a global online language
learning platform. The acquisition will
enable Pearson to offer a more extensive
range of English language skill-building
solutions, adding self-directed study to
Pearson's existing diagnosis and learning
tools and assessment portfolio.
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