Dive Brief:
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Global Human Capital Trends 2015, Leading in the New World of Work a research report from Deloitte University Press, mentions that companies rate learning and development as “very high’' priority, but that organizational readiness has declined.
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Kieran King VP of global customer insight for Skillsoft, and Brent Colescott director of business strategy and transformation for SumTotal, a Skillsoft company; who contribute to Chief Learning Officer say that, “The soft approach many learning and HR teams have taken in the past won’t cut it as organizations strive to meet hard business vulnerabilities.”
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King and Colescott advise that organizations seeking to become learning organizations embrace nine core areas of HR advancement and meld them with talent management.
Dive Insight:
Outside of recruitment efforts, employee learning and development are first and foremost a priority for companies that are competing for talent in a global market. King and Colescott point out, however, that most companies are ill-equipped to handle this challenge and in fact may actually be working against best efforts.
They advise organizations break down barriers between the very insightful recruitment and learning recruitment and leaning teams to form a singular talent and learning team that can help individuals achieve higher levels of learning. Individual silos of learning no longer work well. They mention nine core HR practices that support this goal, with organizational technological maturity occurring at the halfway point.
King and Colescott advise readers, “When talent and learning are interwoven, individuals and organizations ability to systemically achieve better outcomes can be deliberate rather than coincidental.”
