by Joseph Jaynes | Oct 25, 2019
We talk a lot about competency management at Avilar. It makes sense. After years of seeing business transformation sparked by improved, intentional management of employees’ skills and talent, we can be (too) quick to jump right into conversations about how to do...
by Joseph Jaynes | Jul 25, 2019
Competencies are the collective knowledge, abilities, and expertise of an organization’s workforce. When used as a framework to focus individual, team, and company skills on what matters most, a well-honed competency program will make an organization stand out. By...
by Joseph Jaynes | May 30, 2019
Sixty-four percent of CEOs feel they must upskill or reskill 25 percent of their workforce over the next five years for their companies to stay relevant. McKinsey & Company, Skill Shift: Automation and the Future of the Workforce, May 2018 Skills are top-of-mind...
by Joseph Jaynes | May 10, 2019
Technology advancements. Political and environmental upheaval. Demographic shifts. These are all great reasons for keeping an updated skills inventory. Companies across industries are scrambling to find people with skills and disciplines that barely existed a few...
by Joseph Jaynes | Mar 6, 2019
There’s no doubt that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills are essential in our fast-moving, tech-evolving, globally connected world. Companies are frantically investing time and money to recruit, retain and develop employees who know about...
by Joseph Jaynes | Dec 7, 2018
Predictions about how artificial intelligence, automation and augmented reality will affect the workforce range from doomsday scenarios of massive job losses to nirvana sketches of AI-powered machines liberating employees to perform only the most strategic, rewarding...
