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Skillsoft Leadership Development Program

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What is Skillsoft Leadership Development Program?

Skillsoft offers their Leadership Development Program, with a number of course offerings featuring scenarios and model behavior, reflection exercises and other curricula to train learning or first-time managers.

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Skillsoft offers their Leadership Development Program, with a number of course offerings featuring scenarios and model behavior, reflection exercises and other curricula to train learning or first-time managers.

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What is Skillsoft Leadership Development Program?

Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) aims to deliver transformative learning experiences that propel organizations and people to grow together. The Company partners with enterprise organizations and serves a global community of learners to prepare today’s employees for tomorrow’s economy. Skillsoft offers access to blended, multimodal learning experiences that help learners build skills, and help organizations to grow a more capable, adaptive, and engaged workforce. Through a portfolio of content, a platform that is personalized and connected to customer needs, technology and an ecosystem of partners, Skillsoft aims to drive continuous growth and performance for employees and their organizations by overcoming critical skill gaps and unlocking human potential.

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Skillsoft learning solutions have been widely utilized by organizations to address various learning needs and improve business operations. Users have found Skillsoft's content to be valuable for a range of programs, including on-boarding, functional skill development, professional skill development, and leadership development. One of the key benefits is the ability to seamlessly integrate Skillsoft content with custom-developed programs, resulting in a blended learning experience that meets specific organizational requirements. With a vast library of courseware, users have access to a wide range of content, allowing them to acquire knowledge and skills in diverse subject areas. The instructional design and quality of Skillsoft's products have consistently received praise from users and reviewers, further enhancing their credibility. Additionally, Skillsoft's compatibility with all devices ensures flexibility and accessibility for users, enabling them to learn whenever and wherever it is convenient for them. Furthermore, the option to customize products from Skillsoft's library allows organizations to tailor the learning experience to their specific needs. This level of customization has been highly appreciated by users and customers, who have recommended Skillsoft to academic institutions and other organizations in India. Overall, Skillsoft has proven to be an effective tool for organizations looking to provide high-quality learning solutions that cater to their unique requirements.

Wide range of topics: Many users have expressed appreciation for the wide range of topics covered by Skillsoft. This allows them to explore various areas of interest and enhance their skills in different fields.

Curated content: The knowledge portals offered by Skillsoft, such as Management Development, Six Sigma, Professional Foundations, Sales, etc., provide curated content that is meaningful and relevant to the learning experience. Some users have found this feature valuable in accessing high-quality resources.

Diverse learning media: Skillsoft's use of various learning media, including eLearning courses, books, book summaries, and videos, has been seen as a positive feature by reviewers. It caters to different learning preferences and individual needs.

Outdated and Boring Courses: Some users have found that some of the courses offered by Skillsoft are outdated and boring. Although Skillsoft has been gradually updating them, this issue has been mentioned by a significant number of reviewers.

Price Adjustments for Developing Countries: Several reviewers have suggested that Skillsoft should adjust their contracting and pricing to be more in line with the needs of developing countries and third-world nations. This adjustment would make it more accessible and affordable for users in these regions.

Lack of Attractiveness to Millennials: Skillsoft needs to do more to attract millennials with their courseware, as mentioned by a number of users. By incorporating elements that appeal to this demographic, such as interactive features or gamification, Skillsoft can better engage younger learners.

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Niki Klaaren | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Skillsoft as a part of our Learning and Organizational Development department at EnPro Industries. We've had an ongoing contract with them now for going on six years and have been very happy with their products and, especially, their service. We use their Business Curriculum library (online learning) and their Dialogue Design software to create custom content for our organization. We have also used their compliance/Academy product (we recently went with another vendor for the compliance portion, but still have the business courseware). The best and easiest part of working with Skillsoft is their people - my Learning Consultant and Account Representative team are a dynamic duo. We went through a recent revamp of our site and an upgrade to Skillsoft 8.0 and they answered every question or found someone who could and came in with helpful and creative suggestions. Speaking of the upgrade, Skillsoft just launched their new upgraded user interface, which makes them much more user friendly. As an administrator, Skillsoft is easy to use and teach others to use - everyone from our shop floor employees to our Executive staff worldwide uses it for their professional and personal development. All in all, I would recommend Skillsoft.
  • Customer service/Account representation
  • Provides useful information in the bi-yearly account reviews
  • Updates to courses/content
  • They are getting better, but keeping up with the IT times and keeping their site modern and user friendly
  • Compliance - we had 2 seperate interfaces between the compliance part (Academy) and the Business Courseware catelog and our custom content - this created a lot of confusion around what was what. Support and the usablility of Academy was not up to par with what we were used to with the normal SkillPort.
  • Technical support doesn't always have the answer
I think Skillsoft is better suited for "office" employees - so who is your audience? Will you be creating custom content? If so, their Dialogue Design software is easy to use and publish to the site. Will you be a hands on, involved client? If so, they have great support and client relations. Do you like being involved in the industry? They have an awesome annual event called Perspectives with great speakers, demonstrations and people from around the world in the industry to network with.
  • Increased participation in employee development
  • Less cost than sending employees out to training
  • Increased knowledge in specific departments (better customer service, financial understanding for non-financial professionals, etc.)
We chose SkillSoft for the overall ease of use for both our users and our administrators and have a great value proposition. We have continued our contracts for the same reasons and the relationship we have built with our Learning Consultant and Account Representative.
700
Everyone - from shop floor to our executive staff. Globally - North America, Europe, Asia - Pac, and South America.
20
Basic computer skills, excel, ability to understand and train on a computer program. Overall, a very easy program to learn.
  • Organizational/personal development
  • Saving time/money on sending people out to training
  • Ease of use
  • Custom content - technical/product training
  • Additional custom content
  • Pre-requisits for external training
Skillsoft has become a standard in our learning and development culture - we use it as a baseline to be sent to other workshops, anyone is able to use it across the globe, from the shop floor up and everyone knows the system. We are also able to put our own content up and track those courses. And lastly, our Account Rep is awesome.
No
  • Price
  • Product Usability
  • Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
  • Analyst Reports
Usability and ease of use for our users and administrators. We want people to actually use what we have, so paying a little extra for something that will get used is worth it.
I wouldn't.
  • Don't know
  • Java issues - conflicting with other software programs
No
10 for my Learning Consultant and Account Rep
6 for the offsite technical support team
No
We've had multiple times when they've provided exceptional support. I once accidentally deleted myself as the company administrator (which is not easy to do) and emailed my Learning Consultant - she was at an offsite, company event and took the time to step away and reinstate me in a matter of minutes.
  • Admin
  • General use
  • User upload
Yes, but I don't use it
They have improved with SkillPort 8.0, but are still working out some bugs.
July 28, 2014

Soft Skills 24x7

Tianyu Zhang, MILR, GPHR | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have offered SkillSoft to 100 users in our Technical Operations (manufacturing) function. Each user has access to 100 licenses. It mostly helped associates to read articles, listen to podcasts, and watch videos, and take quizes to improve their soft skills (communication, interpersonal skills). We also have selected project managers to participate the Project Management Knowledge Center with a goal of passing PMP certificate requirements. There is also a behavioral interview library we have offered to hiring managers to enhance their interview skills.
  • Skillsoft regularly updates its knowledge center with up to date courses and retires outdated materials.
  • Skillsoft has a dedicated representative to help resolve technical issues and create a client community to help clients with customized needs.
  • As it has 24x7 access our users can use the tool any time they have free time and learn as much as they can and save the progress.
  • I would love to see SkillSoft have live sessions. For example, user and instructor can have discussions through Skype or other online tools.
  • Some of the courses may take too long to complete. Suggest to split the course to several one or simplify the content.
Key questions are:
  1. What are your organization learning needs?
  2. Do your employees prefer online learning?
  3. Do you have ability to constantly check in and remind employees to participate the program?
  • The ROI is very hard to quantify for a soft skill learning program directly. However, our employee's feedback is very positive with the courseware.
  • SkillPad,Rosetta Stone
SkillSoft has its cost advantage. The support representative is very attentive and helpful.
I would recommend to renew as this is part of our employee development goals and we make a strong commitment to develop employees' people skills. I think SkillSoft has a very innovative approach to develop people's interpersonal skills other than traditional classroom learning.
Technical Operaitons, Quality
1
basic computer skills and online navigation. we currently do not have a full time person to support Skillsoft.
  • Project managers to use Project Management Knowledge Center to help get certified.
  • Hiring manangers learn behavioral interview skills
  • technical people take soft skill lessons.
  • We started a project manager meetings to discuss their learnings.
  • To work with SkillSoft to build cusomzied courses.
Michelle Braden, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Skillsoft learning solutions are utilized across the organization to provide both foundational and specialized curricula for various programs ranging from on-boarding to functional skill development to professional skill development to leadership development. With the large library of courseware, we are able to pull Skillsoft content into our programs and align with our custom developed programs so that we provide a blended and fully rounded program to reinforce learning.
  • Covers a wide-breadth of topics ranging from desktop / office skills to communications skills to leadership development
  • Offers knowledge portals (Knowledge Centers) around specific topic areas such as Management Development, Six Sigma, Professional Foundations, Sales, etc - that aggregate content from the large Skillsoft resources and present it in a way that is both meaningful and relevant to the learners. Plus, they have editors update the featured topic each month.
  • Include a wide variety of learning media such as eLearning courses, books, book summaries and videos.
  • Some of the courses are too long - (eg. 4 hours) - however, a learner has the option to only access 1 or more sections making it easier to consume.
  • Some of the courses are outdated and boring. Skillsoft has gradually been updating these courses - but there is still room for improvement.
  • Courses provide a good foundation for learning - but Skillsoft needs to do more to attract millenials with their courseware.
  • Change their contracting to provide pricing more in line with what is needed in developing countries / third world nations.
Courseware is either bought or built by a company. With Skillsoft, it is very economical to obtain a large library of courseware to supplement courseware that is custom built internally. Also, much of the Skillsoft content is foundational to other learning programs thus providing a more fully rounded learning program.
  • With Skillsoft, we were able to displace over $10M Euros of funding that would've otherwise been spent on Instructor-led courses and purchasing of books.
  • Skillsoft allowed us to build solid and thorough learning maps so that employees knew what learning they needed in order to advance their career.
  • By utilizing Skillsoft's Leadership Advantage, we were able to impact the skills and knowledge of our leaders in a short amount of time. Having this resource available, our leaders were able to access a resource and get their answer in just minutes rather than doing their own research or attending a training class.
  • With Skillsoft, we were able to quickly get new employees up to speed and functioning.
  • Mindtools
Skillsoft has purchased many of their competitors - thereby improving their offering. However, we did recently evaluate Mindtools. Their offering is very good. It is a competitor of Skillsoft's Knowledge Centers. We are still in the evaluation process.
Currently we operate in developing nations. If Skillsoft had a pricing program for those nations versus what they use in the Americas / Europe, we would greatly consider it. Right now though, the Skillsoft pricing, while affordable for advanced nations, is out of reach for the developing nations. We hope that changes.
25000
People from ALL business functions - customer support, sales, IT, HR, Finance, operations, engineering, R&D, all utilized Skillsoft learning solutions as a key component of their learning roadmap. We had mapped Skillsoft courses and other learning assets to learning plans that were used for career development. There was not a single function that did NOT use Skillsoft. In fact, over 43% of the company used the product. This is an excellent utilization percentage.
2
We had a technical project manager who worked with Skillsoft on any implementation and/or technical issues. This person had both IT and Project Management skillsets. We also had an individual in-house that was the primary "champion" of Skillsoft to drive utilization, etc across the enterprise. This person also worked with the Skillsoft sales team to ensure we were doing all we could to drive utilization.
  • Providing a foundational learning map for all employees
  • Displacing costs of other L&D solutions, such as ILT and books. We displaced over $10M Euros in costs that would've been otherwise spent.
  • Using deep links, we were able to reinforce messages / email / announcements from our Executive Team to help people learn about the topic. For example, when the financial crisis of 2008 hit, we were able to provide key Skillsoft resources to enable leaders to lead in a crisis.
  • Deep links for embedding Skillsoft resources into Executive Team announcements / emails / etc. Provided an additional resource to help people learn more about the topic.
  • Customizing the Knowledge Centers helped us align them to our custom built programs thus providing a common look and feel.
  • Having our CEO videotaped and including his messages in the Skillsoft Leadership Channel videos.
  • More customization of Knowledge Centers
  • Implementation of InGenius throughout the Enterprise
  • Integration of Skillsoft resources into our other blended programs
No
  • Product Features
  • Vendor Reputation
Great price for a very large library of resources.
Would not change a thing.
  • Implemented in-house
Change management was a major issue with the implementation
Marketing the solution across the enterprise is KEY. People think that if you "build it they will come." Not true. Another KEY was integrating Skillsoft assets into EVERYTHING. We included deep links into memos and announcements from executives whenever possible. We armed our HR Business Partners with knowledge so that they could leverage Skillsoft when having discussions with their clients. We provided Managers information on how to build Individual Development Plans utilizing Skillsoft assets.
  • Lots of time spent marketing and managing the change across the enterprise.
  • Educating everyone on this new solution and how to use it.
  • Getting our single sign-on to work properly with our tight security system.
Just that it takes a village. It cannot be done alone. Everyone needs to know what you are doing and what their role is in the implementation. Tightly managing the project management schedule and resources is important in ensuring that everything gets done on time, and with quality. Education is KEY.
Yes
Yes, we paid for a dedicated program administrator to help us with course mapping, login issues, reporting, implementation, etc. This person was virtual but they were a full-time employee assigned to us as a client. Whenever we had any issues, they were the first person we reached out to in order to resolve the problem.
Very responsive, knowledge and helpful. They are always focused on ensuring they are doing the very best to support our success.
No
We had some very difficult issues with single sign-on due to our companies security system. Skillsoft support engineers were extremely diligent in working with our IT team to ensure this was corrected satisfactorily with our security team. My team and I felt that no matter what the issue, Skillsoft went over and above to help us resolve it.
  • Search and Go tool is very easy to use and intuitive
  • Chapters to Go feature, which allows a user to download a book chapter, is very easy to perform
  • Playing a video works extremely well and is self explanatory
  • Having to switch from the main portal to Books24x7 is cumbersome - however once in the books portal, it is easy to find stuff
  • Having to use the Skillsoft course player is sometimes difficult as it may have problems if your PC isn't setup properly
  • Logging into the Skillsoft portal requires the correct level of Java and that you have pop-ups turned off. Users have difficulty with this at times.
Yes, but I don't use it
The integration between the main Skillsoft portal and Books24x7 could use improvement. Most users don't realize there is actually a separate books portal because the link to it is not that visible. Yet, once they discover it, they realize that the books portal is actually easier to use to search for books, ebook summaries, and videos.
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