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Do 45% of Employees Lack Adequate Training? Forty-fve percent of respondents to a recent business management survey say that they have not received suffcient training to effectively do their jobs — a troubling increase from 40 percent in 2012. Michael Management Corp. has released the fndings from its annual 2013 SAP training survey of more than 1150 SAP professionals. In addition, Cushing Anderson from IDC provides an insightful commentary and analysis of the survey's results. "In this survey, end-user training is once again seen as the single greatest training need in nearly 50 percent of enterprises. Consistent with that, IDC research has found that training of both project staff and end-users is the single most important factor in upgrade or deployment projects meeting the business objectives of the project . . . Unfortunately, more than 45 percent of enterprise system users, administrators or consultants feel they have been inadequately trained to perform their responsibilities. This is consistent with findings from last year, and it is little wonder that enterprise system implementations and upgrades so often result in unmet expectations, under-used capabilities and disappointed stakeholders." —Download the report: http://www.michaelmanagement.com/ training_2013survey.asp People on the Move experience to Game On! Learning as advisory game changer. She has designed and developed course materials and conducted workshops for clients on topics ranging from blended learning, total quality management tools, team process improvement and solution selling. BOBBY YAZDANI has stepped down as chairman, CEO and board member of Saba. In connection with the change in leadership, Shawn Farshchi, Saba's executive vice president and chief operating offcer will serve as interim CEO. In addition, Saba's Board of Directors has separated the roles of chairman of the board and CEO and appointed independent director Bill Russell to the position of non-executive chairman. The Board has undertaken a search for a permanent CEO. It also is dissolving the role of lead independent director. executive vice president and CFO. Both long-time members of Brainshark's leadership team, Flynn was previously Brainshark's senior vice president of products and services, and McEachern previously served as senior vice president and CFO. Flynn will oversee sales, marketing, services, product, engineering and IT functions. McEachern will lead Brainshark's accounting, fnance, HR and business operations functions, and manage relationships with the company's investors, outside counsel and fnancial institutions. GREG FLYNN is the new company president at Brainshark, and MIKE MCEACHERN is new CAROL D. CLARK brings more than 25 years of successful corporate learning and talent development Meridian Knowledge Solutions has promoted JASON MARCEAU to the new position of chief operations offcer. As Meridian's top-ranking executive, Marceau will oversee planning, strategy, operations and fnance. Since joining Meridian in 2005, Marceau has managed the professional services group as its director and overseen fnance and customer support as vice president of operations. Before joining Meridian, he held leadership roles at Qwest Communications. He has a bachelor's degree in marketing management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is a certifed Project Management Professional (PMP). BILL BOWMAN is a new senior consultant for The Training Associ- ates (TTA). He will work with senior management to secure private equity to fund the company's growth strategy. Over the last 25 years, Bowman's extensive leadership experience includes prior roles as CEO of U.S. Inspect, president of ChildrenFirst Inc., co-founder of Logal Software, vice president of the Northeast Region of Jostens Learning Corp., co-founder of Spinnaker Software Corp., and partner-incharge of Regis McKenna Inc. Atlas, an international learning and skills provider, has strengthened its presence in the United States with the appointment of LAMBERT EBOT as regional manager. Based in Atlas's new office in Houston, Ebot brings a wealth of business development experience in the safety sector gained from previous senior roles in HSE and risk management at Environmental Resources Management Inc. and IRC Risk and Safety LLC, which will augment Atlas's most successful products and learning initiatives, which it will be rolling out to the American market. Government Elearning! April / May 2013 13

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