Portland, OR – 11 July 2019 – OpenSesame, the elearning innovator, announced TalentQuest has been added to its popular OpenSesame Plus subscription to broaden its curated library of supervisory and leadership training courses. As enterprise organizations grow and evolve, their leaders need to be equipped with effective training tools to quickly ramp new supervisors, enhance critical management skills, and build successful, productive teams. 

Global 2000 companies leverage the OpenSesame Plus subscription with over 6,000 curated courses—now including TalentQuest content— to help address critical skills gaps, position talent for successful long-term careers, and future-proof their organization.

TalentQuest combines over 40 years of talent management expertise with behavioral science into short, engaging microlearning courses to help companies more effectively hire, manage, develop, and retain the best talent. By linking development to competencies, Global 2000 companies can drive organizational success by helping develop better leaders, build high performing teams, and retain top talent. 

“At the core of every successful company lies a strong and effective leadership team. As enterprises grow their multigenerational workforces, the need to quickly develop excellent leaders becomes increasingly more important,” said Spencer Thornton, Vice President of Curation at OpenSesame. “Adding TalentQuest to our OpenSesame Plus subscription helps organizations build leadership skills effectively and efficiently, positioning them for long-term success.”

“OpenSesame delivers innovative online learning experiences and leadership development programs,” says Mahim Mishra, President, Global Talent Development at TalentQuest. “Together with OpenSesame, we will make it easier for organizations to build better leaders.”

About OpenSesame

OpenSesame helps develop the world’s most productive and admired workforces. With the most comprehensive catalog of elearning courses from the world’s top publishers, we are here to help you every step of the way, from finding courses, mapping them to your core competencies, syncing them with your LMS to increasing utilization and improving your L&D programs. Not only will you have the flexibility of multiple purchasing options from OpenSesame, you’ll find it simple to use and administer your elearning courses. To learn more, visit www.opensesame.com

About TalentQuest

TalentQuest has a 45-year history of helping our clients unleash the power of their people. Fueled by behavioral science and our proprietary TQ Talent Insights, our innovative Talent Management and Learning Solutions enable organizations to shift from a one-size-fits-all to an individualized approach to talent management and development. For additional information, visit www.talentquest.com, follow us on Twitter (@TalentQuest), or connect with us on LinkedIn.

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Diane Haines

Vice President of Marketing

(503) 808-1268

diane.haines@opensesame.com

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Extended Reality has proven its effectiveness as a learning tool because it increases learner engagement and information retention. In fact, these technologies can now be used to create different levels of immersion.

While xR can help immerse learners more deeply into the learning environment, the opposite is also achievable, wherein the learning object is immersed into the human experience. Here are examples of both:

Immersing the learner into the environment

Technologies leveraging augmented reality can be applied to high-risk jobs, such as fire-fighting, as in the video below. Here the firefighter is able to learn about his surroundings in a little-to-no visibility scenario through augmented reality.

Immersing the learning object into the human experience

When computer-generated 3D images are brought to life in a seemingly physical way, interactivity enables enhanced learning. In this example, augmented reality technology is being used to interact with the human body, and brain.

At TalentQuest, we use 3D simulation, augmented reality, virtual reality, and gamification to create immersive learning solutions that are tailored to your workplace and processes. The learning experiences we create deliver proven results through improving engagement, better information retention for the end-users and a higher training return-on-investment for our client companies.

About the Author

TalentQuest has a 45-year history of helping our clients unleash the power of their people. Fueled by behavioral science and our proprietary TQ Talent Insights, our innovative Talent Management and Development solutions enable organizations to shift from a one-size-fits-all to an individualized approach to talent management and development.

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1. Past Experiences:

An organizational culture that supports reasonable risk-taking has been identified as a key feature of innovation-led companies. But when teams are focused on achieving results quickly, individuals find it difficult to take the necessary risks to innovate and learn. Moreover, if employees are penalized for outcomes beyond their control, they are more likely to become discouraged and less likely to make suggestions or run experiments.

2. Problem Solving:

Most business leaders are adept at identifying problems, and then pressuring their teams to solve them quickly. When people rush into problem-solving mode, an interesting thing happens: they think less clearly and, as a result, are less likely to find solutions. Good leaders understand this, and instead of generating discomfort by focusing on the problem, they generate creative dissonance by focusing on possible solutions.

3. Desire to Learn:

A desire to learn, without having any rigid expectations of the outcome, is the most authentic type of learning. This is an example of what psychologists call Intrinsic Motivation. The action or behavior itself, not the outcome, is the reward. Outstanding leaders find ways to tap into employees’ natural learning abilities, connect their unique interests and talents to their roles, and instill in them a sense that their work contributes to something important. We all need a sense of purpose—to know that our lives have meaning. When we enjoy learning for the sake of learning, and believe that our work has purpose, we experience intrinsic motivation.

Are You/Is Yours a Learning Organization?

In recent times, companies are increasingly investing in training and future proofing their workforce. But unless employees are able to adjust, adapt and respond in dynamic situations, organizations will not thrive.

The phrase, “Learning Organization,” was coined by Peter Senge in his book, The Fifth Discipline. He defines it as:

“Organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together.”

Intense? Yes. But also, appealingly aspirational.

What are your thoughts?

About the Author

TalentQuest has a 45-year history of helping our clients unleash the power of their people. Fueled by behavioral science and our proprietary TQ Talent Insights, our innovative Talent Management and Development solutions enable organizations to shift from a one-size-fits-all to an individualized approach to talent management and development.

Check out our TQ Leadership Series courses now available on OpenSesame.

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