SKILLSWAVE APPROVAL MANAGER

Automate Your Learning Approvals

Helping HR and L&D teams streamline requests, speed up decisions, and improve visibility.  

Approval Manager eliminates friction from learning requests, approvals, and reporting, so employees can start learning faster. This means HR and L&D teams can focus on driving growth instead of chasing spreadsheets.  

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Fast, Frictionless Automated Workflows

Empower your employees to request learning in just a few clicks while giving your team the structure, oversight, and tracking you need to manage learning budgets confidently. 

Your Approval Policy, Digitized 

To request learning, employees submit a short form highlighting the business case for taking the program, course or micro-credential. This step can take minutes. 

Stay in the Loop With Instant Alerts 

Designated approvers will receive instant notification of every new learning request, allowing for fast approval or feedback in just a couple clicks. 

Flexible Approval Workflows  

Workflows can be customized to fit your organization’s needs. Whether you require manager approval, L&D oversight, or both, the choice is yours. 

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Effortless Learning Management

Want to know what seamless learning approvals look like? See how SkillsWave’s Approval Manager streamlines employee requests, automates workflows, and gives your team real-time visibility. Lose the emails, spreadsheets, and bottlenecks. 

Your Budget. Your Policy. Easy Setup.

SkillsWave’s Approval Manager gives organizations the flexibility to structure learning benefits in a way that best suits their workforce and budget. 

Fixed Annual Learning Budgets 

Provide each employee with a set annual education allowance, with costs automatically deducted as they enroll in courses/programs. 

Customizable Coverage Per Request 

Determine funding on a case-by-case basis, either through percentage-based coverage or lump sum amounts, while ensuring alignment with business goals. 

Choose the Workflow That Fits Your Org 

Choose from three approval workflow options to match your organization’s structure and oversight preferences. 

L&D-Led Approvals 

Centralize control by allowing the HR or Learning & Development team to review and approve all requests.

Manager-Only Approvals 

Empower team managers to approve learning requests for their direct reports, streamlining decision-making. 

Multi-Step Approvals 

Implement a two-step process where managers approve first, followed by L&D or HR for overall visibility and alignment.

Full Oversight, From Request to Completion 

Eliminate any decentralized data-gaps. With SkillsWave, you’ll gain full visibility into your learning program with real-time insights and downloadable reports that are easy to generate and share. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

SkillsWave’s Approval Manager feature is a smart workflow tool that automates the training request and approval process. It allows employees to easily request courses, and enables managers and/or HR teams to quickly review and approve learning aligned to business needs.

SkillsWave’s Approval Manager feature reduces manual work by routing course and program requests to the right decision-makers based on your company’s approval rules. It eliminates email back-and-forth and gives real-time visibility into request statuses.

Employees, managers, and HR or L&D teams can all use SkillsWave’s Approval Manager feature. Employees request learning, managers review and approve based on budget and role alignment, and HR gains oversight into training demand and trends.

Yes, approval workflows are configurable. You can choose between three pre-set configurations that take into account both centralized L&D and departmental decision making—ensuring governance without slowing down access to development opportunities.

Absolutely. SkillsWave’s Approval Manager feature gives visibility into who’s requesting training, what’s being approved, and how budget is being allocated. It supports smarter learning investments and helps control costs.

With SkillsWave’s Approval Manager, the process can be near instant. Most approvals happen in under 24 hours thanks to instant routing and built-in notifications. Employees can track the status of their requests, and approvers are alerted to review pending submissions.

By automating workflows, reducing inbox clutter, and centralizing request tracking, SkillsWave’s Approval Manager feature frees up HR and L&D teams to focus on strategy rather than manual approvals and follow-ups.

Yes. You can embed policies into the approval logic, such as budget caps, role eligibility, or required manager signoff—ensuring all learning aligns with company guidelines and priorities.

Manage Approvals, Budgets, and Impact. All in One Place. 

SkillsWave’s Approval Manager takes the busywork out of learning benefit management, so your team can focus on growth—not logistics.

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