Employers Lead With Learning - ManpowerGroup

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Future Forces:

Employers Lead With Learning

In the Human Age, talent is the key differentiator. Given the uncertainty of the economic and business environment, employers will need to shift from focusing on hiring employees with specific skills to focus on creating a learning culture that promotes employees’ ongoing development and provides access to resources and opportunities that optimize worker skills and potential.

ability to draw on different resources to move business and employers toward their goals is critical for success. Commitment to the asset management approach must start at the top and include investment in the right HR leadership and tools.

LEARNING: CONNECTING INSIGHTS

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Companies need to hire individuals who not only have the right skills, but who are self-directed and motivated to learn. Business must empower employees to become partners in a continuous learning and development process. For many organizations this will mean establishing or expanding the role of chief learning officer, and increasing investment in technology and HR to include online and mobile learning platforms.

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The right skills are no longer enough.

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Cultural Insights

Traditional workforce solutions are no longer enough. Value must come from innovation, and innovation will be led by those companies that are able to attract, engage and optimize the capabilities of individuals and communities of people. Because human potential is the key to business success, employers must take an asset management approach to their workforce. To maximize the asset value of its workforce, business must apply a reciprocal model. The relationship between business and employees must be mutually beneficial. Work must engage and have meaning for employees and help advance their professional goals. Companies must invest in employee development and build a culture that encourages learning, especially peer-to-peer learning. In this new ecosystem of talent, the

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Innovation springs from knowledge and learning. Individuals connect to multiple people and technology sources to gain information. Those who can apply this information to achieve business outcomes are those who are most valuable to organizations. Human Age companies cultivate a culture of knowledge sharing and learning that enables them to identify the individuals that can make faster connections between ideas to drive business results.

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