Confessions From a Former HR Executive

HR is not only facing an engagement crisis—it’s also facing a skills crisis. “The need to address skill gaps is more urgent than ever,” according to McKinsey & Company, which reports that closing these gaps is a high priority for 58% of executives. It’s easy to see why, since an HR crisis is, in effect, an organizational crisis. It’s the kind of threat that has the potential to impact not only a company’s executive team, but also its shareholders, its position in the market, and its entire future. Learning and development (L&D) can provide meaningful solutions, but today’s workforce is in dire need of L&D that actually works. Not the tired, top-down style—but a new, bottom-up approach that trusts employees to self direct their learning. And this need is increasingly urgent.

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