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Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching

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Christine Tao and Lori Mazan , the brains behind Sounding Board , want to train any leader within an organization to be a better leader. The San Francisco startup connects anyone from first-time managers to C-suite executives with coaches through a marketplace. Tao admits that the startup isn’t for everyone.

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How to make coaching work for your sales team

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Sales training statistics paint a grim picture. Some organizations provide no sales training at all, and others simply miss the mark. According to one study, roughly 44% of sales representatives felt their training “needed improvement.”. How can sales leaders and other stakeholders improve how they train the modern sales force?

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TaskHuman lands $20M to expand its virtual coaching platform

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TaskHuman , a professional development platform focused on coaching, today announced that it raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Madrona with participation from Impact Venture Capital, RingCentral Ventures, Sure Ventures, USVP, Gaingels, PeopleTech Angels, Propel(x) and Zoom Ventures. Image Credits: TaskHuman. ”

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Rising Team, with $3 million seed, is a platform that combines management tools with training

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But she’s identified a problem that most people managers will all too clearly understand: training and tools to be a great manager are at a shortage. Dulski explained that there are some tools for managers, like surveys from Gallup and Glint, and there are training options, like executive coaches.

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Singapore’s Skills Union wants to close the skills gap via live video training

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Online professional training isn’t new; it’s not uncommon to see medium-sized startups allocate several thousand dollars to individual employees each year to further their “personal development.” Screenshot of Skills Union’s training platform. The model also enables more flexible learning.

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Hone, a human-powered platform for leadership training, nabs $16 million

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Specifically, Hone focuses on leadership training within organizations with live, intimate online classes led by a coach. There are plenty of corporate training topics that don’t necessarily require live sessions, such as security and data protection.

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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

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CIOs often have a love-hate relationship with enterprise architecture. On the one hand, enterprise architects play a key role in selecting platforms, developing technical capabilities, and driving standards.

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