Future-Skilling Your Workforce: Implications for the CLO

Acute talent shortages combined with declining productivity are requiring organizations to invest in future-skilling efforts. Chief learning officers need to tie learning programs to other talent practices and overall organizational strategies for maximum impact.

Document Highlights

Talent shortages and declining productivity require organizations invest in reskilling and upskilling initiatives. Chief learning officers play a vital role in helping organizations build the capabilities needed for future success by looking at talent and learning systems holistically and tying future-skilling programs to overall organizational strategies and goals. They can build future capabilities by using the people ecosystem, which includes aligning talent structures to business goals, a robust talent execution plan that includes career development, and strategic talent development with a focus on learner experiences.