EXECUTIVE CONVERSATION AND WILSON LEARNING
ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Know it Now™ online learning now available through Wilson Learning
SEATTLE, WA – May 11, 2010. Executive Conversation, a global leader in developing financial and executive selling skills, and Wilson Learning Corporation, a provider of human performance improvement solutions, today announced a strategic partnership enabling Wilson Learning to sell a specially adapted package of Know it Now online learning.
Know it Now is a complete learning solution providing sales professionals with the financial acumen needed for engaging and selling to customer executives.
Bringing financial acumen skills development to Wilson Learning’s strategic sales solutions, the Know it Now Strategist Package was specifically designed to complement Wilson Learning’s advanced sales force development capabilities while maintaining the instructional integrity and effectiveness of the Know it Now learning framework.
"By making this Know it Now package available through Wilson Learning, we now address a broader range of customers, and facilitate more rapid deployment of our solutions," said Mike Rohan, President of Executive Conversation. "We've seen tremendous growth across our Know it Now product line in the last year and partnering with such a recognized industry leader enables us to offer customers even more buying options.”
According to Ed Emde, President of Wilson Learning Corporation, “Combining Executive Conversation’s expertise in providing financial acumen with Wilson Learning’s strategic sales offering creates a synergy that will enhance our clients’ ability to speak the language of their customers at the highest levels of the organization and ultimately drive revenue.”
As Rohan explains, “by blending this package with Wilson Learning’s core capabilities for advanced strategic sales development, we are jointly providing sales professionals with the knowledge, language, and skills needed for identifying and aligning with the critical concerns of executives in their key accounts.”
About Executive Conversation
Executive Conversation, Inc. works with sales organizations to build business acumen for effectively engaging and selling to customer executives. Customers around the world choose Executive Conversation for our demonstrated ability to deliver training solutions that help them achieve their business objectives. Our framework integrates learning, via online and face-to-face executive-led instruction; application, via performance simulations, engaging with our Consulting Executives, and on-the-job application plans; and measurement, via assessments to track skills development. Tailored for sales managers, account managers, channel managers, and those selling to public-sector organizations, our solutions are conveniently available in three ways: online executive-led workshops; online self-paced Know it Now learning; and face-to-face, executive-led workshops, which have been delivered in over 60 countries and are available in seven languages. Executive Conversation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with regional headquarters in London and Singapore.
About Wilson Learning
Wilson Learning Worldwide is a global leader in Human Performance Improvement solutions for the Global 2000, Fortune 500 and emerging organizations worldwide. With operations in over 45 countries worldwide, including Japan and the United States, incorporating over 25 languages, the company creates synergy between people and business strategy through an extensive range of world-class solutions focusing in leadership, sales and individual effectiveness. Its integrated offerings include: strategy alignment consulting, descriptive and evaluative assessment services, world class process and skills content, and technology enabled solutions.
Contact
Eric Beckman
Executive Conversation, Inc.
Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategy
ericb@conversation.com
206.219.1447