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 Delivering Virtual Presentations

Leadership and Business Skills for Global Knowledge EMEA. more than 22 years of experience helping companies solve complex business challenges related to people and processes. She has significant experience across all vertical sectors, with a specific interest in financial services and information and communications technology

 The Power of Self-Awareness

Jocelyn Bérard, M.Ps. MBA is the Vice President of International Leadership and Business Solutions (Vice-président Leadership et Solutions d’Affaires????—????Internationale)

 Is Management Right for You?

It often seems that there should be a natural progression within a company from a job role to a management position.

 The 4 P’s of a Powerful Story

Jocelyn Bérard, M.Ps. MBA is the Vice President of International Leadership and Business Solutions (Vice-président Leadership et Solutions d’Affaires???—???Internationale)

 Good Communication is the Key to Management and Leadership
 
Leaders are vital to an organization and are found at many levels. They provide direction, guidance, support, feedback, and decision making. A project manager leads a team or teams of people using the resources of the organization to meet goals that support organizational goals

 How To Survive Your Job in 2013
 
I don't know how your 2012 turned out work-wise, but if it was less than perfect, I wouldn't bet on 2013 being a walk in the park either. While your co-workers are preparing for the zombie apocalypse (Who needs a Mayan calendar right?), I'd suggest you take a moment or two to reassess your job satisfaction and consider a few ways to make 2013 more rewarding

 Motivating Your Team Without Raises
 
it seems that in many workplaces it is easy to claim that the Millennials (Generation Y) are the only employees that need or seek out recognition for the work they are doing while the older generations are just appreciative that they have a job.

 The Key to Successful Business Transformation
 
There is no question that continual business transformation is the new normal for enterprise today.  Rapidly advancing technology and disruptive trends like Cloud, Bring-your-Own-Device (BYOD), and Big Data are creating an environment of continual change that impacts not only IT, but the entire organization

Cisco announces Channel Partner Program Update

Cisco recently announced a number of changes to the Cisco Channel Partner Program.
Changes to the Data Center Specialisations were announced on the 30th of January 2013 with the introduction of a New Specialisation - Express Collaboration being announced on the 11th of February.

 Top 4 BYOD Challenges Small Businesses Face

BYOD, an acronym for Bring Your Own Device, refers to the growing trend for employees to use their own iPhones, Androids, iPads, or other equipment instead of company-owned and supplied gizmos.

 How do Switches Work?

A switch begins learning the local MAC addresses as soon as it is connected to other devices or to a network. This learning capability makes switches easy to use on a network.

 

New CCNP Service Provider certification courses now available


Global Knowledge, Cisco's EMEAR Learning Partner of the Year, today announced the availability of the new Cisco Certified Network Professional certification for service providers (CCNP SP). This new certification consists of four new courses: SPROUTE, SPADVROUTE, SPCORE and SPEDGE and follows on from the CCNA Service Provider certification (CCNA SP) announced earlier this year.

 

Windows 7 and Virtual Server - Jump Through Some Virtual Hoops!


Author: Brian Egler - 28 February 2011
As an instructor, I use virtualization as an educational tool. Virtual machines are perfect for training in that a student can experiment knowing that any mistakes can be quickly discarded for another try?-?the perfect safe environment far away from production systems.

 

Technical Skills x Interpersonal Skills = Performance


By Jocelyn Bérard, M.Ps. MBA
Vice President, Leadership and Business Solutions - International Global Knowledge
A couple of years ago, an article in ComputerWorld proclaimed that soft skills are sexy and declared the importance of soft (or non-technical, people, or interpersonal) skills for IT professionals.

 

Can Professional Project Management Stop Project Fraud?


Projects are investments that organizations undertake to achieve their strategic objectives, regardless of the industry, size and type of projects. When a project is approved for execution, the investment that had been allocated for the project would take into consideration the revenue that this project will generate when completed as well as the level of risk that the project has. Failing to achieve the estimated return of investment would result in unrecoverable losses to the project owner.

 

Why Project Management Certification?


No one can deny the growing global trend among project managers and team members in attaining professional project management certification. Actually, the forecast is that this trend will increase and will cover new industries that project management is not a critical skill. The question is why and why now?