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What is 50 Lessons?
50 Lessons is a media company that distils and captures the business experience of world-class leaders in multiple formats as a series of lessons: On film, online, on DVD and in books.
Each filmed lesson is around four minutes in length and uses the power of personal story telling to convey a specific business experience and what was subsequently learned.
In this way 50 Lessons provides accelerated learning by equipping organisations with access to top-level thinking on a continuous basis, helping managers confront seemingly complex challenges by sharing the experiences of leading executives who have faced similar situations.
How can I use 50 Lessons in my organisation?
The lessons are digitized and held in an online library.
You can sign up any number of your people to a subscription, and they will have their own password and personal lesson page.
Your organisation’s site can be branded and can contain pre-selected lessons, or have the whole library available.
You can send proactive invitations to view certain lessons by email, with a link direct to the chosen lessons.
We can provide you with lessons on DVD grouped around your objectives for individual use, or use within a training environment.
We can provide 50 Lessons content direct to your intranet or Learning Management System.
We can provide you with full reporting on usage and install a feedback mechanism.
We have fifty pre-selected lessons on DVD with an accompanying hard-bound management handbook that cover the subjects of change, communication, people, challenges & management fundamentals.
We find that each client requires a different solution, and we’re happy to talk you through the various ways that 50 Lessons can benefit your organisation.
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Can I customise the content for my organisation?
Matching Lessons To Your Strategic Objectives
We can select lessons from our library that directly match the strategic objectives of your organisation. If you are running a leadership programme, a change programme, a teamwork or strategy programme, we can match lessons to the subject areas that you are focused on, and in this way bring targeted external experience and wisdom into your organisation.
Branded Website
We can brand your website, while retaining the full functionality of our site. This includes your choice of lessons, the full search function, a personalised page for each manager, and full reporting of usage.
Filming Your Executives To Incorporate Into Your Programme
50 Lessons can arrange to film specific lessons for your programme, we can film executives, leaders or customers of your choice, and then work with you to integrate these lessons alongside existing 50 Lessons content.
Incorporate Within Your Intranet/LMS
We are also able to offer a corporate solution where we provide the 50 Lessons content for use on your own intranet or Learning Management System, effectively offering the content and programme as an ‘internal’ resource.
Wrap Around
We can wrap your internal training materials around lessons to add further relevance.
What are the technical implementation issues?
Every client has a slightly different technical requirement. We have a great deal of experience in ensuring that the implementation & deployment of 50 Lessons into your organisation runs smoothly. The basic process is outlined below:
| We will host your branded web site. |
| We ensure you have the necessary media players to view the lessons. |
| We will deal directly with your technical people to ensure that we have no firewall issues, and are registered as a trusted source by your IT department. |
What are the benefits?
| Engaging content that is personal and anecdotal |
| Authoritative due to the proven success of the executives |
| Practical not theoretical |
| Broad range of contributors |
| Short sharp delivery eliminates confusion |
| Years of hard-won experience condensed into minutes |
| Saves time by slotting into a full working day |
| Complements your existing training portfolio |
| Outward-looking but internally relevant |
| Always available for reference |
| Improves management practices |
| Creates better decision makers |
Can I measure usage?
We have a system in place that measures exactly who watches what & when. We can provide you with reports detailing all of this information, or give you direct access to Usage Statistics.
We can also provide a feedback mechanism within your site.
How do I search the library?
The lessons are searchable by the following methods:
| By Lessons you have viewed |
Who are the filmed executives?
We interview the most influential business leaders in the world. We focus on gathering lessons from the Chairmen & Chief Executives of the FTSE100 & Fortune500 companies, entrepreneurs & other exceptional leaders. We want to harness the experience of influential business figures across all industry sectors, and a broad spectrum of job functions.
See a full list of Executives.
What are the plans for expanding the library?
We are constantly filming new lessons and adding to the library. We are building the library across international territories & across business and government sectors. We are developing vertical sectors of lessons based around specific subjects. Our aim is to create a global learning resource of unparalleled depth & diversity.
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