L&D leaders today are faced with three main challenges when it comes to upskilling their workforce for future survival:
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Identifying and cataloguing the skills that their employees possess
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Determining the skills the organisation needs to ‘build’ or ‘buy’ to create the workforce they need for today and the future
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Creating a self-driven learning ecosystem to bridge the skills gap
Whilst these issues face every L&D department, many larger cash-rich enterprises are tackling this challenge head-on to stay competitive, leaving other businesses with a looming problem for the upskilling, reskilling and cross-skilling of their workforce. This can make recruiting and retaining staff a real struggle.