Sharpening Professional Skills in Today’s World of Work

HR professionals know that an organization is only as good as its people. But how can you keep employees engaged, developing, and feeling fulfilled while also staying on top of other pressing tasks?

Three key learning trends for 2022 – what to know and the myths to avoid

What should L&D professionals be aware of in 2022? There’s plenty that’s new to discuss, but what’s real and what’s hype?

HR Labs Season 4: Changing from career paths into career possibilities

It’s no surprise that the best way to help people achieve their full potential at work is to provide opportunities for development. But are we — organizations and individuals alike — being too limited in thinking about career growth?

HR technology checklist for supporting critical skills

Exposing your people to a wide variety of roles will help them gain a greater range of skills, be more collaborative across business areas and be more productive. And you’ll experience a massive increase in time-to-productivity as your “new” hires will already have most or all of their corporate onboarding done before even assuming the new role. Using your own people as a talent pool for filling job requisitions has a ton of great benefits.

How lateral moves can actually move your organization forward

To a lot of hiring managers and recruiters, this is how your career progression is supposed to look:

Enabling organizational agility through talent & people success

Over the past two years, the how, when, where and why of work have been challenged like never before. In the modern economy, being able to execute brilliantly in new and unexpected ways, and quickly, is often the difference between success and failure. Agility is a key foundation for organizational success.

Improving internal mobility through skills

Internal mobility is a strategic priority for any company looking to better engage and retain talent. The pandemic, increased competition for external candidates, and “The Great Resignation” have forced companies to rethink how they promote and empower their workforce. According to this study, 47% of companies have increased the number of internal hires and 41% of companies are increasing their investment in internal mobility initiatives this year.

Keep your off-site team productive with Content Anytime: Remote Work Essentials

Coach your employees and managers with best practices on virtual collaboration, staying motivated and mindful, and embracing change while working in, or leading, a virtual team.

Content Anytime Essentials for SMBs: Develop high functioning teams through skill building

The Content Anytime: SMB Essentials subscription helps small and medium businesses provide all levels of their teams with critical professional skills, modern compliance and leadership training. This robust subscription brings the most popular courses from the award-winning Cornerstone Studios and top learning brands on topics from effective communication, time management, leadership, teamwork, change management, diversity and inclusion, and so much more.

How to launch a skills-forward talent strategy

It’s been said that 2020 brought about three years of digital transformation in three months. The initial phases of that transformation centered on adapting to the dramatic and sudden changes thrust upon us, such as enabling remote and distributed workforces to simply work, communicate, and collaborate.

Comment lancer une stratégie de gestion des talents axée sur les compétences

On a dit de l'année 2020 qu'elle avait concentré près de trois ans de transformation numérique en trois mois. Les phases initiales de cette transformation ont consisté à s'adapter aux changements énormes et soudains qui se sont imposés à nous, et notamment à organiser les collaborateurs à distance afin qu'ils puissent travailler, communiquer et collaborer.

Three essential elements for a future-ready workforce

The notion of “future ready” can mean different things, but there is one common thread when the topic is discussed within forward-thinking organizations. It’s possible for both employees and the company to thrive even within a very fluid and challenging operating environment as long as the right structural and technological elements are in place. Three key factors help create and maintain this ability to thrive: