July 16, 2024
Harvard ManageMentor Spark Release Notes
What’s New
Admin and Learner Experience
Bug Fixes
Content
- Learners can now access the HBR Magazine July – August 2024 Plan.
Accessibility
- Various Accessibility improvements and fixes have been made within the Degreed LXP.
Profile Settings
- When editing a Profile > Settings, Job Role or Location, apostrophes can now be included and saved.
Profile Activity
- When viewing the Profile > Activity tab, the Popular Skills table now loads correctly.
Content and Curation
New French Translations
We are excited to share that the following 10 courses plans and lessons are now available in French for language pack clients.
- Business Case Development
- Business Plan Development
- Crisis Management
- Ethics at Work
- Global Collaboration
- Marketing Essentials
- Meeting Management
- Performance Appraisal
- Performance Measurement
- Process Improvement
HBR Magazine Issue Plan – July/August 2024 – Build a Corporate Culture That Works – Available Now
How to ensure that your organization can execute on strategy.
Additional Video – “The Best Way to Play Office Politics” – Available Now
Transcript will be released in July lesson release
Coming Soon
To provide you with more insight and time for change management planning, this section gives a high-level overview of updates we are working on for upcoming releases. The timeline and details for each update are subject to change.
Admin and Learner Experience
New Insights Chart: Skill Rating Types
We’re adding a new Skill Rating Types chart that provides information about your users’ skill ratings by type, including self-ratings, manager ratings, and peer ratings.
The Skill Rating Types chart will be available on the Insights > Skills tab to admins with the Insights permission.
The default chart displays data for the last 30 days, but you can filter the dates to expand or refine the date range, based on the date the skill was rated.
A detailed view of the chart includes additional filters that allow you to filter the results by custom attributes, segments, and groups.
Why are we making this change?
This change provides admins with more insight into the skill rating types used across the organization.
Content and Curation
Upcoming This Month Feature Topics – Available on the 1st of the month
- August 2024 – Decision Making
- September 2024 – Listening Skills
- October 2024 – Team Collaboration
Strategic Thinking and Strategy Planning and Execution Lesson Updates – Late July
We are updating the lessons in the Strategy Planning and Execution Courses. These updates will be available in late July.
Strategic Thinking:
- Understand the Big Picture
- Explore Key Trends
- Challenge Your Assumptions
- Anticipate Opportunities and Threats
Strategy Planning and Execution:
- Understand Strategy
- Develop a Strategic Plan
- Create Detailed Action Plans
- Execute Strategic Plans
- Evaluate and Reward Performance
HBR Magazine Issue Plan Special Issue Fall 2024 – Early August
HBR Magazine Issue Plan September/October 2024 – Mid-August
Pathways Updates – June 2024–August 2024
We will be incrementally updating a sub-set of our pathways over the next few months. Find a last of the pathways that will be updated.
Pathway Update List:
Customer Focus
SB – Track the Metrics That Matter to Your Customers
SB – To Improve Your Customer Journey, Keep It Simple
SB – Stop Bias from Damaging Your Customer Service
EP – Use Social Media to Connect to Your Customers
EP – Strengthen Your Customer Relationships
EP – Make Sure You’re Targeting the Right Customers
Hybrid Work
SB – Run a Hybrid Meeting That Works for Everyone
SB – Tackle Common Challenges of Hybrid Teams
EP – Strengthen Relationships in a Hybrid Workplace
EP – Make Your Hybrid Workplace Inclusive
EP – What Good Hybrid Leadership Looks Like
Innovation
EP – Fail Fast and Learn Quickly
EP – To Innovate, Think Creatively
EP – You Don’t Have to Be a Designer to Use Design Thinking
EP – Build a Culture of Experimentation
Data and Technology (Digital Tools and Technology)
EP – Navigating the Ethics of AI
EP – How to Recognize Bias in AI
EP – How Generative AI is Transforming Work
EP – What Everyone Should Understand About AI
EP – Blockchain for Beginners
SB – Read This Before You Tackle Your First AI Project
Data and Technology (Digital Culture)
EP – What You Need to Know About Digital Transformation
SB – Which Digital Skills Does Your Team Need Now
SB – Manage Your Online Presence
Sustainability
SB – Be a Sustainability Advocate
EP – Put Purpose at the Heart of Your Strategy
EP – Build Sustainability Into Your Business Model
EP – How to Measure Your Company’s ESG Impact
EP – Why Sustainability is a Business Imperative
Finance
EP – Don’t Be Intimidated by Finance
EP – How to Read Financial Statements
EP – Want to Calculate Your ROI? Start Here
EP – What a Successful Business Looks Like
EP – What Businesses Need to Grow
Thrive in a Changing World
EP – Rally Your Team Around Change
EP – What Makes an Organization Resilient
SB – How to Embrace Change
SB – How to Launch a Successful Change Initiative
SB – Strengthen Your Personal Resilience
SB – Help Your Team Be More Resilient
Data and Technology (Data and Analytics)
EP – What It Takes to Get Data Savvy
SB – Ground Analytics in the Future, Not the Past
SB – To Get Comfortable with Analytics, Start Small
SB – Make Sure You’re Using Good Data to Make Decisions
Data and Technology (Security and Privacy)
EP – Your Guide to Cybersecurity
SB – Don’t Be a Victim of Cybercrime
Download the 2022 and 2023 (January to June) Release Notes
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