How to Plan and Implement a Successful Upskilling Strategy
The workforce is facing change and uncertainty at a greater scale and more rapid pace than ever before. Leadership must find a way to harness that change to stabilize performance and fuel productivity rather than simply enduring the ongoing chaos. Not only that, but it’s becoming increasingly necessary to manage the consequent upheaval of this […]
How to Conduct an Actionable Skills Gap Analysis
Skills gaps are on the rise. With a labor shortage still in full swing and predictions that a huge proportion of jobs will be obsolete in the coming years, L&D leaders have long been focusing on upskilling and reskilling programs to help solve these challenges. But upskilling and reskilling programs require careful and detailed analysis. […]
5 Common Mistakes Made in Upskilling and Reskilling
While the skills gap has been underway for several years—companies need employees with a very specific skillset and are often unwilling to hire employees without them—skills are becoming redundant more quickly than ever before. While the pandemic fueled rapid, mass digitization of processes in companies across all industries, organizations have been struggling to keep up. […]
The Great Resignation: Plugging the Leadership Skills Gap
The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that 4.3 million workers left their jobs in August of 2021, while another report predicted that 55% of workers will seek new roles in the following 12 months. This historic trend has been coined “The Great Resignation” and it’s been going on for some time. Resignations peaked […]
The Great Resignation: How L&D Can Slow the Effects of the Workforce Exodus
With the Great Resignation underway, companies are scrambling to fill positions, maintain operations with their existing employees, and prepare for the potential long-term effects of the pandemic and an altered workplace. While early into the pandemic, businesses laid off millions, the opposite is happening now: millions are quitting. Employees might be hesitant to return to […]
Learning & Development in the Insurance Industry
Henry Ford once famously said, “The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.” In the fast-paced, constantly-changing world of insurance, this couldn’t possibly ring more true. 2020 saw job requirements shift and the need to train employees on new processes and skills massively […]
The Importance Of Upskilling And Reskilling In Covid-19 And Beyond
Who could have expected the COVID-19 crisis? It has upended everything, especially for business operations. The recent pandemic has impacted both the economy and the job market, and employers have been forced to change the way they work. The keyword over these last 12 months has been “survivability,” and for many organizations, this has meant […]
