From the course: The Shift Toward a Skills-First Mindset: A Thought-Leader Roundtable

Key takeaways for leaders

- Okay, that was a lot of information. We hope it was actionable across those three areas. How to start with skills, how to bring it to hiring, how to bring it to internal mobility. But to make it even easier for all of you, I want to go around and hear the one takeaway, if there's one thing that those business leaders who are watching this course, leave this course with what is it? Kat, we'll start with you and then go around this way. - No matter where you sit, who you are, what your function is, you can do something related to a skills first approach. You can change the job requirements, you can advocate for internal mobility. You can help your organization make progress on this. - I would say it's just think about the talent all around us. It's all here. And so if you find yourself wondering, where do I find more skills or skilled talent? Then look somewhere else, if you're not finding it, because it's here and you can begin to take action immediately. - I would say the focus on skills is an unlock. It just it unlocks opportunity within your organization. It unlocks talent pools. It helps from a diversity, inclusion and belonging perspective with making sure that there's clarity and progression. So I would just, would like folks to understand that skills are an unlock. - I think I'd start with, what is your organization's purpose, your business's purpose, and what problems can you solve with solutions and kind of ideas that you heard today? Is it a recruiting thing, a retention thing, a talent advancement thing? And that's the way in, I think. - Tough to go last, you guys got a lot of my takeaways. I mean, I think I would say just get started, focus on your core business driver and think about skills first as a approach to solve whatever challenge it is that you're work working on today.

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