From the course: The Future of Workplace Learning
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Skills, not roles
From the course: The Future of Workplace Learning
Skills, not roles
- In the past, careers followed a pretty stable, predictable path. You started out in a junior role, became a manager, senior manager, director, VP or even, eventually, a member of the C-suite. At that first promotion, you'd be introduced to managerial skills, then some leadership training, maybe some executive coaching as you went up the ladder, and you'd probably be given some industry-specific learning too. Now, this ladder does still exist, but careers aren't so linear anymore. People move in lattice formation between departments, companies, and even industries. And that means we need to be building a learning strategy for skills, not roles. Now, what does this actually mean? Well, it means much more targeted learning. Maybe your long-form project management curriculum will need to be divided up into smaller chunks based on skills And, no, I'm not talking about micro learning here, just the opposite. The…
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