Strategic Partners

Forum has established a select group of strategic relationships to support and augment its core learning solutions.

We provide a credible filter on a densely populated learning marketplace to bring clients only those providers who have distinguished themselves amongst their peers in the areas of content, technology and services. Forum selects only those partners who meet rigid criteria for quality and innovation.

Following is the list of Forum's current partners:

Dr. Michael Watkins - Dr. Michael Watkins has published several books, including The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at all Levels and The First 90 Days in Government.  Forum and Genesis Advisers, the consulting firm of Dr. Watkins, have partnered to develop a suite of learning programs based on his work on leadership transitions.  Dr. Watkins chose Forum to be his exclusive partner on First 90 Days programs.  Dr. Watkins is Professor of General Management at IMD in Lausanne.   www.first90days.com

Wisdom Tools - WisdomTools provide online learning tools based on the power of stories.  Their flagship offering, Scenarios, is an online, collaborative learning framework that uses stories to create deep insight, improve judgment, and develop tacit knowledge.  eScenes is a brief story-based tool for corporate communications.  Founded in 1999 by Dr. Marty Siegel of the University of Indiana, WisdomTools have over 7 years of experience in developing custom stories and learning programs for Fortune 500 companies.  Together, Forum and WisdomTools have designed and delivered for our clients learning initiatives that are an engaging blend of communication, collaboration, and skills practice.  Our unique mix of virtual and classroom learning is a high-speed, cost-effective way to produce measurable results. www.wisdomtools.com

Paradigm Learning - Paradigm Learning provide innovative business games, simulations, and Discovery Maps(R) to educate learners about critical business issues.  Founded on the premise of bringing energy and excitement to the training industry, Paradigm have developed a unique discovery-learning methodology that accelerates knowledge and skill acquisition and ensures long-term retention.  Forum and Paradigm have teamed up to deliver custom curricula for leaders and sales professionals that develop their financial acumen and leadership competencies, broaden their perspective about "owning" business results, and increase their ability and commitment to execute on business strategies. www.paradigmlearning.com

Harvard Business School Publishing - is a non-profit educational publisher associated with Harvard Business School. HBSPs mission is to improve the practice of management and its impact on a changing world. Forum has added HBSPs e-learning products, articles and case studies to its portfolio of offerings. www.hbsp.harvard.edu

Fort Hill - Forum partners with Fort Hill Company to reinforce and embed development experiences through a web-based learning application and follow-through system developed by Fort Hill Company. The system stimulates action-reflection, follow-through, coaching and managerial involvement. Fort Hill is the industry leader in reinforcing training, with an impressive client list and track record. www.forthillcompany.com 

Softscape - Softscape provides web-based human capital management and case management software to global enterprises and government agencies. Forum has partnered with SoftScape to offer clients an online assessment system to support employee development strategies. SoftScape is also Forum's preferred Learning Management System partner. www.softscape.com

Questar - Questar is a nationally recognized leader in survey research with an emphasis in 360, customer, and employee satisfaction studies. Questar's core competencies include data collection, survey processing, and feedback reporting. Forum has partnered with Questar to provide online and paper-based feedback processing and organizational assessment services to clients. www.questarweb.com