What’s trending in learning? August 2024

To succeed today, companies are adapting quicker than ever and are forced to stay flexible. Training your employees on how to stay agile in changing times makes each transition or hardship they face, easier. By equipping your employees with the necessary tools and knowledge to handle change or adversity, you can significantly enhance their capability to respond to market dynamics, technological advancements, and unforeseen challenges.

Developing an agile workforce requires a comprehensive approach to learning and development that's well-rounded, prepares your team to meet current demands, and equips them with the resilience and versatility to tackle future challenges. So, let's get into some courses and providers available in your Go1 subscription that you can add and prioritize in your learning programs.

Topic spotlight: agility

Here are five expert-recommended courses available on Go1 to help your employees stay agile:

1. Flexibility and Agility - Infographic by Hemsley Fraser (Visual, 5 mins) 

Agility is about speed and flexibility and how quickly your organization responds to change. Find out more about why agility is so important to businesses in this short infographic.

2. Introduction to Agility by Coorpacademy (Interactive, 8 mins) 

Switch to agile mode! You may think that "agility" is only for start-ups and digital companies. That the methods can't be applied to other more traditional organizations. Agility is a state of mind that anyone can use for the greater lasting satisfaction of their customers. If you need to improve your product vision, organize your team and work, and really get to know your users, this course is for you. You'll uncover new ideas on how to make your processes less rigid.

3. Emotional Agility by Blinkist (Audio, 19 mins) 

Available to Go1 Premium Pro subscribers, the Blink to Emotional Agility, provides theories and tools to emancipate yourself from the fickle rules of your own emotions. If you can distance yourself from the knots of anger and fear in your stomach, you can gradually learn to unwind and heal.

4. The Case for Flexibility by Symmetra (Interactive, 15 mins) 

Several global disruptions have reshaped how organizations involve their people in the execution of their work. In the current environment, organizations must recognize that flexibility is a crucial strategy for enhancing engagement, performance and for attracting and retaining a diverse pool of talent.

5. Agility and Flexibility by ej4 (Video and Downloadable, 9 mins) 

We know what it means to be agile and flexible on the football field or in gymnastics, but what does it look like in an organization? Explore agility and flexibility as they apply in the business world. Learn why organizations should seek to embody both attributes, and how they should be practiced company-wide.

New to your Go1 subscription

At Go1, we’re constantly growing our content offering. From fresh content providers to returning favorites updating their offerings, here’s what’s new to Go1 in August.    

Outthink

Outthink is one of our newest partners, and has just added 1,083 new courses! Search their courses for cybersecurity topics like Social Engineering, Cloud Security, and Phishing Prevention. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French, German, Italian, and more!

SimonSez IT

With 414 new courses, SimonSez IT hopes to help you on three main topics: Microsoft Office and Productivity Tools, Financial Risk Management and Analysis, and Excel VBA and Advanced Techniques. At this time, these courses are only available in English.

Blinkist

Blinkist has added 315 new Blinks, available only to Go1 Premium Pro subscribers. Dive into these audio and visual summaries on topics like Persuasive Copywriting, Personal Development, and Strategic Thinking. At this time, these courses are only available in English.

Tech Commanders LLC

Offering 286 new learning opportunities this month, Tech Commanders LLC offers great educational topics for creatives like using Canva, eBook creation, and design essentials. At this time, these courses are only available in English.

Three content providers that we’re loving in August

Coorpacademy

Who said learning couldn’t be fun? Coorpacademy offers short, engaging content, for everyone to learn at their own pace, throughout their career, all while having fun. Coorpacademy’s value proposition: a selection of premium, exclusive content to engage all employees in a company! Coorpacademy’s wide range of courses cover all the top soft skills that are identified as key by the World Economic Forum for the future of jobs! In French, English, and German.

• Topic coverage: Soft skills, Leadership and management, Digital skills, Communication, DEI, Sustainability, and more!
• 6400+ courses in Premium ranging from 8-56 minutes in duration 
• Top courses: Adopt an agile mindset; Become a modern manager by embracing uncertainty; Big Data; User experience and the ‘User First’ principle; Disability awareness

*Every Coorpacademy title is available in English, French, and German + a subset of courses are now also available in Spanish & Italian!

Hemsley Fraser

Hemsley Fraser is a complete learning and talent development provider with a long-standing reputation as a world-class provider of engaging, performance-boosting and change-enabling learning and development services.

Hemsley Fraser creates, delivers, and manages learning experiences that engage individuals, teams and the entire workforce. Passionate about learning, and the transformative effect that it can have on today’s work experience, their team's mission is to transform how people learn, engage, and develop in the rhythm of their work … wherever they are.

Every solution is built out from our three core capability pillars (content, technology and learning services) enabling us to create custom solutions.

• Topic coverage: Leadership and management; Personal development; Diversity and inclusion; Hybrid teams; Problem Solving, Creativity; Innovation; Communication skills; Managing change; Influencing skills; Finance; Performance management
• 135+ courses in Premium, with a duration from 5-215 minutes 

Sarder Learning

Sarder Learning brings together some of the world’s best business practices from Fortune 1000 corporate leaders, Ivy League professors, and best-selling business authors. With courses produced by subject-matter experts, Sarder Learning provides employees with content grounded in real-life business scenarios.

Sarder Learning has partnered with Go1 to offer over 1000 courses in our Content Hub.

• Topic Coverage: Leadership; Management; Human resource management; Marketing; Sales and Customer service; Finance, Communication; Health and wellbeing
• 1000+ courses ranging from 1-65 minutes
• Top Courses: Best way to communicate with remote workers; Championing the Change; Future of digital marketing; Best practices to manage remote workers; Learning from the mad men era of advertising

As we wrap up this edition of "What's trending in learning," we hope the course recommendations and insights provided have inspired you to prioritize your team's emotional, professional, and team agility. And remember, Go1 is always here to support your team's development journey, too!

Stay tuned for next month's edition, where we'll continue to bring you the latest trends and resources in the world of L&D.

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