Gartner offers the concept of connected learning: identification connected to motivation connected to solutions.
Skills identification.
Instead of prioritizing business leaders’ urgent requests, leading companies are identifying broader skills shifts in the market to determine the most pressing skill needs for employees across the organization.
[Think of technical skills as the “urgent requests” and business skills as the “broader skills shift in the market”. What combination is right for your organization?]
Employee motivation.
Rather than just communicating skills requirements, employees need to understand how they can personally grow by developing the skills the organization needs.
[Opportunities to experience learning in direct collaboration with others, both on- and off-the-job are increasingly desired by workers. How does your organization actively listen to that preference?]
Learning solutions.
Providing self-service development options can overwhelm employees; leading organizations are brokering quality development experiences to accelerate new skill development.
[These solutions offer relevant learning content and desirable learning modalities. In what ways do you provide learning other than via an overwhelming menu of choices?]
Consider, then, the corresponding needs for technical skills and business skills by your workforce. Add in the factors of the speed of change and the cost of turnover. Finally, determine if your digital transformation strategy includes employee development as a key component.
Now, let’s see if your answers have changed. Are you ready to insure that:
- Your workers are developing greater technical skills?
- Your workers are developing greater business skills?
- Your learning framework extends beyond standard training and development?
Summary
All efforts to achieve competitive digital transformation by businesses small, medium and large are more likely to succeed when workers are offered opportunities to develop their technical skills and their business skills. Technological transformation must be complemented by workforce transformation for the end result to be full-scale digital transformation.
To explore all aspects of this effective combination of technological and workforce transformation, contact Dell Technologies Education Services.