Deskless workers are the lifeblood of businesses across nearly every industry. Despite making up 80% of the workforce and representing the final stop for smooth operation and customer satisfaction, the training needs of these workers are widely unmet.
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Employers across industries are facing a growing skills gap, but neither employers nor job seekers are helpless. By focusing on innovative learning and development, employers and job seekers can work together to close the skills gaps.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing the way products are envisioned, manufactured, distributed, acquired and consumed. It impacts the way business is done and what customers, employees, and society at large expect of businesses.
Apprenticeships are simultaneously experiencing a major resurgence and undergoing a serious makeover. With effective apprenticeship programs, organizations can close the deepening skills divide while promoting social equity.
The old adage that there isn’t an “I” in team is wrong. Each individual has a responsibility to himself or herself and the team. All members must ensure that they are not only taking care of their role on the team but themselves in the process.
We put a lot of pressure on our onboarding processes and training. For better or worse, we usually measure success in levels of enthusiasm. Meanwhile, the hiring manager scrambles to cobble together the most relevant resources for the new hire.
Do some people have an innate ability to think strategically, or can such a skill be developed? Anyone can develop and competently practice the skill of strategic thinking. Everybody in an organization can and should be thinking strategically.
The difference between success and failure is often onboarding, the learning and support that employees receive when they join an organization. Unfortunately, onboarding is often insufficient, incomplete or missing. Why?
Reverse mentoring democratizes learning; it takes the right to contribute and advise from the hands of the few and offers it to the many. The traditional approach to learning and development is top-down; reverse mentoring is bottom-up.
The skills gap has been a threat to organizations for several years. It started the moment someone coined the term “millennial” and realized this group would enter the workforce as the boomers left.