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Publications

Teaching Cases

Ron Ventura at Mitchell Memorial Hospital (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2013)
Monmouth, Inc. Brief Case (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2010)
New Heritage Doll Company (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2010)
Mountain Man Brewing Company (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2007)

White Papers

Instructional Design Model for Courseware
The Hero Leader Has Exited the Stage: Six Truths…
Storytelling in Video-based Leadership Training and Development
10 Critical Leadership Competencies in the Overall Context of Leadership Development Theories
Overcoming Unseen Obstacles: How to Get More Women into Leadership Positions (with Jodi Detjen)
Propelling Project Managers in the Digital Age (with Russ Howard)
HR’s Role in Digital Transformation

Press Articles and Media Mentions

Actionable advice for managing a Gen Z workforce - Talent Management (5/25/2023)
Understanding The Expectations And Motivations Of Gen Z As They Begin Infiltrating The Workforce - HR.com (5/16/2023)
Success with Less: Reignite Engagement With Low-Cost Campaigns - TD Magazine (5/1/2023)
Reignite Engagement With Low-Cost Campaigns - TD Magazine (5/1/2023)
Employee Engagement and Burnout: Maintaining Morale in Changing Times - ATD (4/4/2023)
Increasing the success rate of first-time leaders: Training the three key mindsets - CLO Magazine (3/6/2023)
Purpose and Making Work Matter Must be a Strategic Priority for HR in 2023 - HR Daily Advisor (3/2/2023)
Looking Ahead to 2023: Speaking Out on Social Issues, Pulling Back Remote Work - SRHM (1/3/2023)
To Support Employee Well-Being, We Must Connect Work To Organizational Purpose - HR.con (12/6/2022)
Quiet quitting isn’t quite what you think - Talent Management (11/16/2022)
Empower Quiet Quitters To Shift The Pendulum Back Towards Engagement - HR.com (10/12/2022)
5 ways for organizations and managers to address quiet quitting - CLO Magazine (10/11/2022)
Is Elon Musk right about returning to the office? - Talent Management (8/23/2022)
Does your leadership development program leverage all five adult learning theories? Here’s why it should - CLO Magazine (6/29/2022)
Getting Ready to Join the Workforce: 13 Tips for High School and College Seniors - Forbes (11/25/2020)
15 Perks Businesses Don’t Offer (But Should) - Forbes (10/13/2020)
Ensuring Security In A Remote Work Environment: Six Key Considerations - Forbes (10/9/2020)
Nine Tips for Offering Feedback to Unsuccessful Job Applicants - Forbes (10/6/2020)
49 Secrets Your Boss Won’t Tell You–But You Need to Know - Reader’s Digest (10/1/2020)
CIT Serves as Sole Lender on $75MM Revolving Credit Facility For Skillsoft - ABF Journal (10/1/2020)
14 Characteristics Of High-Performing Teams - Forbes (9/16/2020)
13 Essential Qualities of Successful Remote Employees - Forbes (9/8/2020)
How to Build a Continuous Learning Culture - People Matters (8/19/2020)
11 Ways Businesses Can Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity - Forbes (8/10/2020)
14 Effective Ways To Stand Out From Other Applicants - Forbes (6/15/2020)
How to Support Your Team While WFH - NewsTimes (4/8/2020)
How to Support Your Team While WFH - The Hour (4/8/2020)
How to Support Your Team While WFH - Greenwich Time (4/8/2020)
How to Support Your Team While WFH - Entrepreneur (4/7/2020)
How To Build A Strong Employer Brand And Draw In Better Candidates - Forbes (3/12/2020)
6 ways of using AR & VR for Businesses - Medium (2/12/2020)
12 Ways Businesses Can Offer Added Value to Their Employees - Forbes (1/16/2020)
12 Ways to Help Remote Workers Feel Included in Company Culture - Forbes (1/7/2020)
Are you ready for 2020? - CLO (1/2/2020)
Skillsoft and MIT Sloan Mangement Review Join Forces to Deliver a Leadership Development Program Designed to Cultivate Innovative Leaders for Today’s Digital Economy - Business Wire (12/11/2019)
Overcoming Unseen Obstacles: How to Get More Women into Leadership Positions - Entrepreneur (10/17/2019)
Women in Corporate Space Need quality Mentoring - Economic Times (9/25/2019)
What Role Should Managers Play in Employee Training? - HR Daily Advisor (7/29/2019)
Future of Work: 10 Key Trends for the Next 10 years - HR Technologist (7/24/2019)
Upskilling the Workforce: Key Takeaways From Amazon’s Upskilling 2025 Program - HR Technologist (7/17/2019)
A New Age Demands New Leadership - ATD (6/19/2019)
Soft Skills are Hard to Measure and in Demand. Can they be Taught? - Yahoo! Finance (5/15/2019)
Training and Developing IT Leaders - DZone (5/13/2019)
Measuring Leadership Development - Training Magazine (5/13/2019)
Soft Skills are Hard to Measure and in Demand. Can they be Taught? - Fortune (5/11/2019)
Tom’s Tech Notes: How to Improve Your Skills - DZone (5/6/2019)
Heide Abelli from Skillsoft Named to The National Diversity Council’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology - Dataquest (4/15/2019)
Skillsoft: Leadership Development Programs Need Updating - E-3 Magazine (2/24/2019)
6 Truisms of Modern Leadership Development - Training Industry (1/9/2019)
New Research Reveals Impact of Leadership Development Technology and Training - Recruitment Buzz (11/26/2018)
Driving leadership capability - Digitisation World (11/22/2018)
The Six Factors Required to Transform an Organization into a Hyper-Learning Entity - Training Industry Magazine (11/15/2018)
6 Ways Businesses Are Using Augmented and Virtual Reality Today - CMS Wire (10/23/2018)
Is Virtual Reality Set to Disrupt The Digital Workplace? - CMS Wire (10/8/2018)
Do Classrooms Hold the Key to Closing the Skills Gap? - EdTech Digest (10/5/2018)
Transforming Your Culture: Lessons from Papa John’s - SHRM (10/1/2018)
3 Essential Ingredients for the Perfect L&D Program - UNLEASH (8/14/2018)
Reskilling the Global Workforce - UNLEASH (7/24/2018)
Experts say Trump’s job training plan addresses only the tip of the iceberg - Construction Dive (7/23/2018)
Trump rolls out job training plan, but experts say it’s only the beginning - HR Dive (7/20/2018)
SHRM Joins White House in Pledging to Train U.S. Workers - SHRM (7/19/2018)
How Do You Combat Racism at Work? Experts Offer Suggestions - SHRM (5/29/2018)
Starbucks Attacks Thorny Problem Of Unconscious Bias - Forbes (5/29/2018)
Why it’s time to shake-up leadership training - Personnel Today (5/23/2018)
Is Scenario-Based Learning The Future? - CEO Today (5/21/2018)
Stanley Black & Decker and Skillsoft Partner to Offer Online Training - ELearning Inside News (5/10/2018)
What are the five big problems with “free” content? - TrainingZone (5/4/2018)
How to design a new-age leadership training program - People Matters (5/2/2018)
Skillsoft’s Heide Abelli’s interview with HR.com at Perspectives18 in Las Vegas - HR.com (4/19/2018)
Are you prepared for the disruptive era of subversive business models? - CEO Insights India (3/30/2018)
The 3 worst leadership traits and how to fix them - The Economist Careers Network (3/16/2018)
Scenario-Based eLearning Can Accelerate Upskilling Veterans - Learning Solutions (3/15/2018)
Digital Age Is Rewriting the Rules for Employee Learning - SHRM (2/1/2018)
Tech experts give their predictions - Information Age (12/28/2017)
The Latest Trends in Leadership Training And How To Take Advantage - Forbes (11/22/2017)
“Disrupt Yourself Or Be Disrupted”: The Key To Being Innovative - LEADx (11/22/2017)
The 3 Things First Time Managers Should Be Doing - LEADx Podcast (11/22/2017)
Interview with Heide Abelli, SVP Content Product Management at Skillsoft - HRTechnologist.com (11/21/2017)
Skillsoft Announces New Courses on Digital Transformation - eLearning Inside News (11/18/2017)
What Makes a Good Manager? 17 Business Leaders Share Their Best Tips - WorkZone (11/16/2017)
Training As The New Corporate Perk: Make the learning experience an engaging one - HR.com (11/14/2017)
How to use live video streaming to engage internal audiences - Investis Blog (11/3/2017)
Ready? Set. Go! - Project Management Institute (10/27/2017)
50 Secrets Your Boss Won’t Tell You—but You Need to Know - Reader’s Digest and MSN (10/23/2017)
How to Quit Your Job And Keep Your Reputation - Business News Daily (9/21/2017)
Deskless Workers Often Overlooked in Training and Development - SHRM (5/23/2017)
Digital Age Is Rewriting the Rules for Employee Learning - SHRM (5/15/2017)
Is soft skills development the answer to better customer treatment? - HR Dive (April 18, 2017)
Portrait of the Modern Learner - Learning Solutions (April 17, 2017)
Skillsoft Cloud-Based Learning Software Equips Employees with the Professional Skills Necessary to Excel - DealCrunch (April 11, 2017)
11 sentences to avoid saying to your boss at all costs - Business Insider (March 29, 2017)
11 sentences your boss doesn’t want to hear - Business Insider (March 22, 2017)

Podcasts

YouTube Videos

Contributions to Forbes Expert Council

Conference Presentations

The Future of Work at the Leaders Lounge - HR NY Summit (Fall 2019)
Chief Learning Officer - CLO Symposium (Fall 2019)
Masie Learning Conference (Fall 2019)
Brandon Hall Women in Leadership Conference (Spring 2019)

Quotes

We refer to them as ‘power skills’, because without them, people’s technical skills aren’t running on all cylinders.

Heide Abelli at the World Economic Forum