#1. Integrate content and experiential learning
While compelling content is crucial, organizations must look beyond reading materials and training videos to maximize skill-building. As Amanda Nolen, co-founder of the educational transformation consultancy NilesNolen, explains, “Learning requires involvement beyond binge-watching videos. Would you let a surgeon operate on you if she has binged-watched videos of other doctors in the operating room? Building real skills, let alone expertise, needs a lot more than that.”
Opportunity Hub creates a unified destination for volunteering opportunities, coaching, coursework, and projects and gigs, so businesses can take an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to development.
#2. Give people the feedback they need to grow
Leading skills-based organizations aim to turn every outcome into a learning opportunity, even the negative ones. When an employee isn’t selected for an internal project or role, they shouldn’t have to guess why they weren’t chosen. Instead, workforce agility platforms give them direct feedback that links to development experiences in Opportunity Hub that will help people to close skill gaps.
#3. Instill a sense of purpose
Getting the entire workforce on board is one of the biggest challenges businesses face as they strive to become skills-based organizations. Even if senior leaders are on the same page, employees might be hesitant to prioritize upskilling and reskilling because past development initiatives haven’t led to career progression. These workers question the purpose of a skills-based strategy and wonder how they’ll benefit from it.
Opportunity Hub lets every team member connect the dots between learning and career growth. Employees can see how various coaching, learning, wellbeing, and volunteering opportunities will help them develop new skills and understand the role these capabilities will play in pushing their careers forward.
#4. Prioritize employee wellbeing
The burnout epidemic shows no signs of slowing down, with two-thirds of employees noting that their stress levels have increased over the past year. An uptick in workplace overload is bad news for skills-based organizations as studies show that stress negatively impacts learning and performance. Rather than letting burnout hinder skill-building, organizations can tap into Opportunity Hub’s built-in wellbeing resources to help employees stay in a growth mindset