Manufacturing Skills Management Challenges
Meeting Manufacturing Challenges Mitigates Risk From energy and chemical equipment manufacturing to safely handling food and beverage or apparel and textiles, the manufacturing industry faces challenges in managing skills within the workforce. While the varying types of manufacturing have their differences, each must abide by optimal standards. Here we’ll unpack the five most significant challenges […]
Bridging the Energy Sector Skills Gap
Regardless of where your organization sits in the ever-expanding energy value chain — operator or service provider in upstream, midstream, downstream, traditional, non-traditional, or renewables — competency assurance and operational skilling are critical in closing the energy sector skills gap and ensuring the safety, competence, and capability of your workforce. Using a competency management system […]
Implement Skills Management Software
Organizations around the globe are putting more and more focus on skills — what they are, how to track them, and how to use the data. Maximizing the value of your skills and making informed business decisions is heavily dependent on the reliability and sustainability of your skills management program. To implement skills management effectively […]
How to Staff Your Skills Program for Success
We talk a lot about the drastic impacts technology is making in the business landscape, both in operational functions and back-office processes. But the truth is organizations still heavily rely on people to make the business run. Running a successful skills management program is no different. The quality of people that you put into place […]
The Risk of Mismanaging Skills Management
Establishing a strategy for managing and maintaining your skills management program is a vital step in the process of deploying a skills management function in your business. It’s often the difference between organizations that experience a wasted investment and those that achieve a future-proofed program. In this blog, we’ll talk through the risks of mismanaging […]
Competency Assurance & Safe Operations
As we listened in on the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) session, Perspectives from the Field, the message was clear. What keeps frontline rig managers up at night? The safety and competence of their workforce. Competency assurance is essential to safe, effective operations. What is competency assurance? Competency assurance at its most basic level […]
Top Engineering Skills & Competencies
Why do you need an engineering skills framework? The engineering industry is vast and complex with a variety of different roles and job functions. Even within the same organization, engineers can hold positions in electrical, mechanical, software, or chemical engineering, just to name a few. The top engineering skills needed can vary significantly, but there […]
What are QSEN Competencies in Nursing?
What are the QSEN competencies? The six QSEN competencies were created to help prepare and equip nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide quality and safe care in the health systems in which they work. Incorporating specific QSEN competency statements delivers needed standardization across nursing education, licensing, and certification programs. Why are QSEN competencies […]
Reskilling, Upskilling, and Cross-Skilling Build Workforce Capability
As organizations grapple with labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and new technologies, the skills needed to keep pace, or even outpace, industry peers quickly evolve. PwC encountered the question, “How are we going to prepare our people?” in almost every conversation with leaders at the World Economic Forum. With 87% of executives experiencing skills gaps […]
Kahuna 2021 Year In Review
Well, it’s January 2022 otherwise known as the 25th month of 2020. Our high hopes for a complete return to normalcy may have been naïve but achieving significant milestones within the skills and competency management space, despite the ebbs and flows of uncertainty is a testament to the strength of our people and our incredible […]
Employee Skills: Metrics That Matter
Employee skills — metrics that matter — or do they matter? All industries have experienced change over the last year and a half. Leaders have narrowed their focus on the survival and stability of their organizations. Looking to the future, they’ll need to concentrate on steps to safely emerge into the “new normal” of post-pandemic […]
What is Skills Management Software?
The success of your organization is largely dependent on the skills, abilities, and knowledge of your workforce. As you navigate changes in technology, working environments, and business goals, it’s critical to keep employee skills and competencies top of mind. Top leaders around the globe are leveraging competency and skills management software and verified skills data […]
