Skills Development with Purpose
HR leaders have indicated that skills development (30%) and career growth (22%) are top organizational priorities, and that should come as no surprise to many, as aligning employee skills with business goals is essential for organizational success.
Understanding workforce capabilities and addressing skills gaps allows companies to deploy talent effectively, and foster a culture of continuous learning. However, many organizations misdirect their development efforts and investments as they grapple with how to measure and map their people’s skills.
As roles and technical skills change quickly, building effective development programs based on the needs of the company is crucial to stay competitive and agile. Targeted skills development boosts engagement, and retention, and prepares the workforce for future challenges.
Identify and Measure Skills Gaps
Organizations should take an objective view of their existing workforce to better understand the skills currently available. Developing skills in existing employees can save both time and money compared to acquiring needed skills through external hiring.
SHL Labs research reveals that a core set of behavioral skills are stronger predictors of success at work than technical skills. Measuring the behavioral skills of individuals and teams across the organization can help uncover skills gaps and underutilized potential.
SHL's Skills Development Solution objectively measures 96 behavioral skills, providing valuable talent insights to more accurately plan for, identify, and develop employees for critical and emerging roles.
Skills Mapping to Facilitate Changing Organization Design
At SHL’s recent Virtual Summit event, keynote speaker, Josh Bersin, described the organizational shift from a job-based architecture to a people-based architecture, and the subsequent need to understand people’s skills across the workforce.
Skills Development that Fuels Transformation
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“45% of companies are looking to reinvent their entire business within the next decade.” – Josh Bersin, SHL Virtual Summit 2024
Evaluating skills through objective assessment and Having objective, aggregated skills data aggregating data provides insights that help answer all sorts of strategic talent questions, such as:
• “Do we have the skills in our workforce to expand into new markets?”
• “Is our R&D Team ready to develop and launch new, innovative products?”
• “Will our sales reps be able to adapt if we overhauled the buying experience for customers?”
Our research revealed 10 skills needed to succeed across different types of business transformation and evaluated the availability of these skills across the globe.
Wondering what they could be? Learn more about these MUST-HAVE skills and identify areas for development
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