Assessments and Training Materials

Friday, March 23, 2007

Online Anatomy & Physiology


It's been a long time coming but finally there's a comprehensive online Anatomy & Physiology course available.

The course is self-paced and introduces learners to anatomy & physiology concepts through 18 modules. The course material is presented by body system, and demonstrates how the body works together. This course boasts full-color art, animations, and audio to help students grasp anatomy & physiology concepts. Perfect for non-medical pros who need anatomy and physiology to work in the healthcare industry or for college students who need it as a pre-requisite.


Course Offered by: Corexcel
Course Price: $245 for online course only - textbooks optional but cost more
Accreditation: 7.5 CEUs - College credit should be available soon for an extra fee

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Obstacles to Talent Management Strategies


The fine art of retaining winning talent has an effect on your ability to deliver business value. A recent survey by McKinsey & Company asked senior executives of global companies to rank obstacles that prevent them from having talent management strategies. Among the most critical as defined by executives:


  • 54% - Senior managers don’t spend enough time on talent management

  • 52% - Line managers not sufficiently committed to people development

  • 51% - Silos discourage collaboration, resource sharing

  • 50% - Line managers unwilling to differentiate high, low performance

  • 47% - Senior leaders do not align talent management and business strategies

Read A Tightly Woven Process: Retaining Talent to learn more

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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Introducing a New Way of Training: idXready

Talks about a new type of off-the-shelf course that reduces or eliminates trainer development time. Topics include team building, sales, reducing conflict and listening skills. They've synchronized online assessments to personalize workbooks to people's behavior styles. Sounds like the workbooks are numbered to correspond to the PPT slides.

read more digg story

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