Leverage Skills Practices in HR Guide

There is ambiguity around how skills practices can be implemented, and organizations are unsure of where to start this work.
Identifying how and where to implement skills practices in the organization can be overwhelming because of the time and resources required.
Transitioning to skills practices is a large change for most organizations because it requires keeping key players engaged and bought in to new processes.

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Critical Insight

Skills are marketed as the solution to current and future organizational challenges. While a full skills transformation has many advertised benefits, it is not the answer for every organization. Strategically incorporating skills into current practices presents an opportunity to reap the rewards associated with skills while laying the groundwork for the organization’s unique skills journey.

Impact and Result

This research will help HR understand where skills practices will have the greatest impact in their organization.
It will guide HR in scoping and prioritizing skills practices based on their organizational context.
It will support HR in rolling out skills practices to ensure a smooth and efficient transition while planning for next steps on their skills journey.

Leverage Skills Practices in HR Guide Research & Tools

1. Assess and Uncover

Analyze internal and external data to uncover where skills practices will have the greatest impact in your organization.

2. Scope and Prioritize

Shortlist, scope, and prioritize skills practices and prepare to close gaps before implementation.

3. Plan and Implement

Create a change management plan for each skills practice being implemented.

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A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your HR problems.

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Guided Implementation 1: Assess and Uncover

Call 1: Analyze the strategic direction of the organization, external factors, and workforce data to uncover where there is a need for skills practices.
Call 2: Identify focus areas for implementing skills practices.

Guided Implementation 2: Scope and Prioritize

Call 1: Review and shortlist skills practices.
Call 2: Assess the current state of culture, skills fata, and technology and conduct an impact and effort assessment to prioritize skills practices for implementation.
Call 3: Anticipate downstream impacts, define goals and metrics, secure buy-in, and prepare to close any gaps.

Guided Implementation 3: Plan and Implement

Call 1: Create a change management plan for each skills practice being implemented.
Call 2: Review training requirements for managers and employees to set the skills practices up for success.
Call 3: Plan for next steps in the skills transformation.