Employee Upskilling: What HR Must Do to Build a Successful Future

Reskilling and upskilling serve to address and meet the needs of a company and maximize an employee’s potential at any given time.
As layoffs happen to the masses and talent retention continues to pose a challenge, the mutual benefits of reskilling or upskilling in the workplace make it more important now than ever before.

In this issue, you’ll find articles by some of the prominent human resources and learning and development (L&D) leaders. They’ll delve into topics ranging from the need for a human-centered approach to employee learning and upskilling, to the important factors organizations must consider during employee re-skilling, to the trends around employee learning and the rising importance of soft skills in the new world of work. 

We’ll also look at ways in which new technologies are impacting the world of employee learning, and the ways that employers, and L&D leaders, are adapting to the changing reality.

"At the end of the day, what people really want at work is to have an impact while doing interesting, meaningful work with great people. That is about it. Instead, we make it complicated. We are usually talking with everyone about development plans, skills inventories, competency models and rating systems... language and processes that serve the organization, but not the human," notes Avenue Careers CEO Jamie Broughton. 

Although much of this stuff is important, when it comes to mobilizing a workforce and getting them interested in taking ownership of their growth - we have taken the wrong approach, he further adds.

Check out Jamie’s article, Why Development Planning Is Broken: HR's Dirty Little Secret,  to understand what is lacking in the current employee learning and development programs and what HR must do to meet future demand. 

Looking towards the future, there are four uniquely human skills we can continue to develop in order to remain valuable. Learn what these skills are in Bellwether's Jim Frawley's Upskilling” May Be Wasting Company Resources, And Humanity Is The Answer.

Also, read How 11 Companies Are Building Future-Ready Workforce, and How Employee Upskilling Gives Employers A Upper Hand.

Also, check out the exclusive interview with Vanessa Williams, Founder and CEO, of Leading Edge Consulting, LLC., where she touches upon why employee skilling, reskilling, and upskilling are crucial today, what organizations must do to engage and retain talent, and how they can create opportunities for upskilling and reskilling, among others.

Also featured in this edition is an exclusive research report, titled The Future of Upskilling and Employee Learning 2023, by HR Research Institute which takes a closer look at both the state of reskilling/upskilling and the overall learning function in the current world of work.

That is not all! We bring you a handful of other insightful articles in this edition of Employee Learning & Development Excellence, and hope you find answers to your queries about employee learning and development that help you achieve excellence in our L&D initiatives.

Happy Reading!
 

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