Expertise as a Catalyst for Building a Skills-based Organization

As existing employees’ skills need toevolve to stay competitive and new employees are entering the workforce withoutthe skills they need to be successful and meet employer expectations, companieshave turned to skills and skill data as a way to gain visibility into whereskill gaps exist in their organization. But becoming a skills-forwardorganization is more complicated than one would think.

Our new research report offers acritical solution: focus on what people are good at. Identifying expertiserather than skills allows organizations to focus their efforts early for themost significant data impact to kick off their skills-driven initiatives.

Key takeaways include:

• Defining expertise for yourorganization
• Social validation as a method ofreducing individual social desirability bias
• Implications for the future
• How to pursue a mixed approach inmeasuring employee expertise

Executive Summary

Download the executive summary to gain fresh insight into how organizations are pivoting their training programs to be more skills-driven.