Author: Mirva Piippo
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Skills intelligence: Building a competitive edge
Staying ahead of the competition requires more than just a good business strategy. You need to understand your workforce’s skills and ensure they align with your company’s goals. That’s where skills intelligence comes in.
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Skills gaps to skill gains: Turning skills shortages into opportunities
Skill gaps occur when there’s a noticeable difference between the skills you have in your team and the skills you need to meet your business goals. These gaps can pop up due to changes in technology, market demands, or new business directions.
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Skills inference: five major data sources to capture insights
As part of the human resources team, our challenge is to continuously map and upgrade the skills across our organization to keep pace with evolving industry demands. This process of skills inference helps us ensure that our workforce is proficient, agile, and aligned with our strategic objectives.
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Skill matrix: a team leader’s guide to effective skill management
As a team leader, one of your key roles is to ensure that your team functions effectively and excels in every project you undertake. This is where a skill matrix becomes invaluable.
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Skill bottlenecks: identifying and solving process inefficiencies
Skill bottlenecks are more than just gaps in your team’s capabilities; they are critical shortages that can significantly slow down your business’s key processes and operations. Unlike general skill gaps, which refer to any disparity between the skills available and those needed by a company, skill bottlenecks have an immediate and severe impact on productivity.…
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Practical tips for transferring tacit knowledge in teams
Tacit knowledge is the kind of know-how that is difficult to transfer to another person by verbalizing it. It includes insights, intuitions, and hunches that people often acquire through personal experience. In a business context, this type of knowledge is valuable because it encompasses the understanding that is not documented but is essential for successful…
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Beyond the job description: Transferable skills that bind employees
The ability to adapt and evolve is more crucial than ever. For companies aiming to stay ahead of the curve and ensure sustainable success, investing in the development of transferable skills within their workforce is the key.
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Hard skills and soft skills: Achieving balance in consulting teams
Consulting requires more than just expertise in technical fields. To truly excel, consultants must master the balance between hard and soft skills. In this blog post, we talk about the importance of balancing these two skill sets within consulting teams.
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Practical skills: How to bridge the gap between knowledge and action
Practical skills bridge the gap between knowledge and theories and the tangible act of execution, emphasizing the importance of effective employee skills management. While understanding theory and acquiring knowledge from books is valuable, companies require more than just thinkers; they need doers. It’s essential for businesses to not only devise plans but also to implement…
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Skill levels: Five questions and answers
In this blog, we look into five frequently asked questions surrounding a fundamental aspect of skill management: skill levels. Skill levels form a crucial part of your skill inventory, a comprehensive record of all the skills possessed by your employees.