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Skillsoft Coaching

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What is Skillsoft Coaching?

The Skillsoft coaching platform consists of enhanced content, human and AI coaches, and technology. It includes the Skillsoft Leadership Development Program powered by MIT Sloan Management Review.

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Skillsoft for Developing Better Leaders

Incentivized
Richard (Ric) HazelView profile
Strategy Advisor at FedEx Customer Technologies (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Skillsoft is used to give people access to curated video and ebook content to help accelerate their growth and give an opportunity to create tracks for their development. We search the content on a monthly basis and create links to content that is specifically focused on what we want them to work on. We also use the ebook library as a tool to bring people together through book clubs where they can discuss their challenges and give each other advice.

Pros

  • Relevant video content
  • diverse ebook library
  • customizable learning tracks

Cons

  • Allow content to remain in the library longer than
  • More intuitive interface
  • Provide more content geared towards ICs

Return on Investment

  • Better management skills
  • More intentional growth
  • Increase in curiosity

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Workday Learning

Other Software Used

Mural, Microsoft Viva Engage, Google Gemini

Open Source Content at it's Best!

Incentivized
Michael PieriView profile
Senior Project Manager, People Strategy, Leadership Dev and Organizational Development in Human Resources at Paychex (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Skillsoft Percipio (SLDP and Business Expert collections) as a MOOC (open source content) for our leadership communities, depending on the users learning style they can search, find, and consume assets that work for them (courses, videos, books, book summaries, etc.). Whether users are looking for micro learnings or more complex learning options, they are all there. We have over 16000 learning assets to work with.

Pros

  • Search on learning titles
  • Search on learning type
  • Admin functionality
  • Ability to curate

Cons

  • Some of the "studio" videos seems too structured
  • Older content may not get replaced

Most Important Features

  • Mobile app
  • Admin tool
  • Role ID

Return on Investment

  • Employee development
  • Employee engagement
  • Retention

Alternatives Considered

Udemy for Business

Other Software Used

Chronus, BetterUp

Great Tool to Fill Your Training Gap

Verified User
Director in Corporate (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We needed an off-the-shelf solution to provide leadership training. Since we were a small company with an undersized L&D team, we did not have enough manpower to develop programs ourselves. Skillsoft Leadership Development Program bridged our content gap so that we could provide a rich experience to our employees in an appropriate timeline.

Pros

  • Variety of content types
  • A lot of Topics
  • Well developed eLearning programs

Cons

  • I was not a fan of their LMS
  • Their price point was hard to manage on a tight budget
  • A lot of their eLearning looked the same.

Most Important Features

  • variety
  • scrom compliant
  • ebooks

Return on Investment

  • It increased employee engagement with professional development
  • Managers were able to put professional development training on performance evaluations

Alternatives Considered

BizLibrary

Other Software Used

Axonify, Microsoft Viva, Articulate 360

Skillsoft's a Strong Product

Incentivized
Michelle BraunView profile
Curriculum Manager in Corporate at Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • I really like their library of leadership videos where leaders share their best practices. They're short and easy to use in a variety of settings (e.g. trainings, business meetings, etc.).
  • I find Skillsoft to have strong customer service. They do a very good job of listening to your needs and advising a variety of solutions within the given parameters.

Cons

  • N/A. I was quite happy with them as a provider.

Return on Investment

  • While we didn't calculate an exact ROI, we found Skillsoft to be a positive investment.

Alternatives Considered

lynda.com

Other Software Used

lynda.com, Cornerstone OnDemand, Zoom, Jabber, Skype for Business, Microsoft Office 365

"Management Made Easy" by Skillsoft

Incentivized
Amir DraquezView profile
Sales Support Associate in Marketing at IEEE Computer Society (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • The platform provides an extensive amount of learning material that our customers can take advantage of such as books, courses and practice exams.
  • The Skillsoft platform can be used on your desktop, laptop and tablet formats which make it accessible at anytime.
  • The magnitude and detail of the reporting that Skillsoft provides is great. I have yet to come across a scenario where the information i sought was not available.
  • From an Administrative standpoint, assigning anything within the platform is extremely simple and does not require any prior knowledge to use.

Cons

  • The platform does have room to improve their response time for assistance. Depending on the issue an internal "help team may be required"
  • They removed what was called "knowledge centers" which could be summed up as an accumulation of books, courses, exams, practice exams, articles and basically any asset within the platform surrounded by a particular subject. This was a great benefit to some of our customer. It was a one-stop-shop but now you would need to search independently for all of those assets.
  • Because the platforms library can be customized its a bit of a struggle to have certain assets changed or modified within Skillsoft. You basically are on their time when it comes to updates or any major changes you as a customer would like to make.

Return on Investment

  • I don't see really any negative ROI for Skillsoft. It's maximized training for my company and the others we service. I do not know the exact numbers but even with the minimal issues we have with the platform, the individuals who control the platforms purchase speak highly on its cost minimization.

Alternatives Considered

lynda.com

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator CC

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