Like flex time and casual Fridays, critical workforce and skill shortages are now part of daily life for many midsize and smaller organizations. This is not just a big company problem. Almost every firm has some initiatives in place attract and retain talent more...
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Talent, Technology & Timing: Are Your Workforce Risks Short or Long Term?
Skills gaps, workforce strategies, talent management, the future of work – This problem of finding, developing and retaining talent is nuts! It can make you either numb or nauseous. But, like most executives in midsize or smaller companies, I imagine you’re facing two...
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To Tackle Your Critical Skill Shortages – Think Bigger!
Does this sound familiar? “We’ve been talking about these skill shortages forever! How do we get traction on our workforce problems?” “How can we build more productive relationships with schools in our region who should be a pipeline for talent?” “There must be other...
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AI and the Future of Work: 4 Leadership Skills to Create Tomorrow’s Workforce
The technologies come with names such as machine learning, neural networks, robotic process automation – and many others. And there is lots of uncertainty about how these new capabilities – often referred to as “artificial intelligence” (AI) – will actually impact...
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3 Critical Needs for Closing your Skills Gap
If you’re looking at a skills shortage you might be looking in the wrong place. Often the real problem in staff performance is an overdue management change. Before you launch into yet another mentoring program, succession planning exercise, or recruiting new team...
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How to Bring More Creativity to “Wicked” Workforce Problems
Your increasingly common talent problems are only growing more “wicked” every year. Challenges such as, how do we: Attract young talent to our industry, which is decidedly “unsexy”?Do effective succession planning for a uniquely skilled leader or expert?Reskill...
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