Closing The Soft Skills Gap

Author: EdmontonPM

Apr 19

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Live Webinar April 28th, 2021 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Despite persistently high unemployment levels, the skills gap is costing employers millions of dollars annually. It’s estimated that 2.4 million positions will go unfilled, at the cost of $2.5 trillion.

Recruiting is unable to close the gap as candidates lack the skills needed to fill open jobs, and competition for qualified candidates becomes harder. Both “soft skills” and “hard skills” are in short supply.

It’s no wonder that building critical skills and competencies is among the top priorities for human resources leaders.

While organizations are more likely to focus on hard skills training to close the technical skills gap, most agree that “soft skills” are more important for long term-success.

Developing “soft skills” has become even more critical as a result of the pandemic, as leaders struggle with new and unprecedented challenges. Unfortunately, many HR leaders don’t know what skills gaps currently exist – and they struggle to create talent development solutions fast enough to meet the evolving needs.

As a result, many employees aren’t developing the right skills at a pace that meets the needs of the organization. They need a more dynamic and agile approach to close the skills gap – one that is more integrated into the employee workflow.

In this webinar Avery Coleman (LinkedIn profile) Sounding Board Senior People Business Partner, User Testing & Kip Kelly (LinkedIn profile) Director, Sounding Board Inc., will explore how one company is closing the “soft skills”gap with leadership coaching. User Testing, a leading provider of on-demand human insights.

They needed a leadership development solution that was agile, data-driven, and scalable. They introduced leadership coaching as a core component of their talent development strategy. The coaching program was designed to empower senior and emerging leaders with critical skills so that they could lead more effectively in a heavily-matrixed organization experiencing rapid, international growth.

This webinar will address some of key challenges leaders face in scaling leadership coaching.

It will explore how to gain senior level buy-in for leadership development initiatives. It will detail how User Testing created a measurable improvement in leadership capabilities.

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SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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    • Advancing Diversity & Inclusion
    With People Analytics At Wayfair

    Author: EdmontonPM

    Apr 14

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    Live Webinar April 22nd, 2021 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
    Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
    Provider: Human Capital Institute

    Expectations for a diverse and inclusive workplace have never been higher. Many leaders are still searching for the right formula to make a lasting difference.

    As businesses grow and scale, more focus is set on improving the employee experience. This includes investing in Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and where people analytics can be used to minimize bias in key employee life cycle activities of attracting, developing/promoting, and retaining diverse workers.

    Join Lexy Martin, (LinkedIn profile) Principal of Research & Customer Value Visier, former lead author & Director of the Sierra-Cedar Human Resources Systems Survey; for an interactive discussion with Wayfair’s Head of Analytics, Dylan Mendelson (LinkedIn profile) to learn:

    • How Wayfair puts data in the hands of their leadership to improve their DEI strategies
    • How people analytics gives leaders a holistic view of their data that empowers them to take targeted action
    • Why the e-commerce giant uses people analytics to scale their DEI analytics function
    • What progress organizations are making towards equity based on aggregate data from Visier’s nine million employee records

    Diversifying your workforce is complex – but making intelligent, informed people decisions doesn’t have to be. Register for this discussion to hear Wayfair’s story and learn more about how Visier provides actionable information to make improving your DEI initiatives simple.

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    SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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    • Planning For A Hybrid Work Future

    Author: EdmontonPM

    Apr 9

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    Live Webinar April 15th, 2021 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
    Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
    Provider: Human Capital Institute

    What Will The Future Of Work Be In Your Organization?

    One thing is for sure – you have more options to consider, and more complexities than ever before.

    We have learned that remote work is viable, but perhaps that isn’t your long-term future. If however you aren’t ready to everyone back to the office, you are left to look at hybrid work models.

    Whether you return everyone to the office, stay remote or do something else, the question remains – what will it look like and how will you get there?

    In this interactive webinar, Kevin Eikenberry (LinkedIn profile) Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group; outlines six different hybrid work models and compares them to more traditional options.

    Kevin will help you build a plan that gains the acceptance and commitment of your organization. Learn helpful tips to transition to your desired future and position your leaders and team members for success.

    Whatever the future might hold, you will leave this session better prepared to help your organization and team succeed in that future of work.

    After this session you will be able to:

    • Recognize the long-term implications of decisions about the future of your workplace
    • Identify what your possible future of work could look like
    • Create a plan to determine the future of work
    • Create commitment for your plan
    • Determine how to prepare your leaders and team members for success in your chosen future

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    SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

    SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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    • (Re)Configure Your “Work Life”
    In A Post-Pandemic World

    Author: EdmontonPM

    Apr 8

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    Live Webinar April 14th, 2021 – 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EDT
    Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
    Provider: Human Capital Institute

    As society looks to rebound from Covid-19, enterprises are figuring out how to balance what appears to be a lasting shift toward remote work with the value of the physical workplace.

    The pandemic has posed an existential question:

    • What’s an office for?
      1. A way for bosses to oversee shirkers?
      2. A reason to leave home? A source of friends and social life?
      3. A fancy digital platform for collaboration?

    The pandemic presented us with an unprecedented opportunity to rethink the importance of presence, proximity, and priority in designing and planning work life.

    In this session, you will:

    • Learn the upside of creating an environment where we want to do more with less and its unintended consequences.
    • Understand the nature and importance of presence, proximity, and priority in a post-pandemic world.
    • Identify structural and behavioral factors to improve the presence, proximity, and priority of future work life.

    Join Zhike Lei (LinkedIn profile) PhD Associate Professor of Applied Behavioral Science, Graziado Business School, Pepperdine University for this insightful webinar.

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    SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

    SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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    • The Care Playbook

    Author: EdmontonPM

    Mar 30

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    Live Webinar April 7th, 2021 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
    Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
    Provider: Human Capital Institute

    Key Principles To Building an Inclusive,
    Performance-Focused Culture Filled With Growth & Happiness

    Care is an auspicious word, soaked in positive meanings and sprinkled liberally throughout almost every depiction of a great organizational culture. We care about our customers.

    1. We care about our mission.
    2. We care about our people.

    In fact, all cultural aspirations boil down to some version of “we care,” because leaders know it is shorthand for the commitment and support essential to success.

    It is remarkable given how important care is that there are not more programs focused directly on it. Organizations continue to invest in the usual suspects such as engagement and performance management, alongside additional programs for essential areas such as DEI. But there is a missed opportunity to directly target the one thing that drives everything: Care.

    In this webcast Scott Rigby PhD (LinkedIn profile) Behavioral Scientist, Founder/CEO, MotivationWorks  will unlock a playbook for taking direct action on care, and making it a cornerstone of your culture.

    Scott will integrate practical definitions with tactical actions that everyone can use across your organization. He will review key principles backed by decades of applied research, directly demonstrating how you can turn your aspirational “we care” mission into a powerful daily practice that improves every single metric in one fell swoop.

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    SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

    SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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    • Inclusive Diversity: Valuing & Leveraging Differences For Business Success

    Author: EdmontonPM

    Mar 25

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    Online Webinar  – Recorded March 15th, 2017
    Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
    Provider:   Human Capital Institute

    Inclusive Diversity

    Though frequently used together, the terms diversity and inclusion have different meanings.

    You can have a diverse workforce but not necessarily an inclusive one.

    Diversity is the mixture of demographics, psychographics, and experiences reflected in the workforce.

    By contrast, inclusion is the practice of recognizing and valuing all employee perspectives and contributions, and creating opportunities for all voices to be equally heard and inform organizational processes.

    In a culture of inclusive diversity the full potential of all employees is realized.

    In our  HCI’s Talent Pulse research, they:

    • Examined the antecedents and conditions of inclusive diversity.
    • Asked HR practitioners and leaders involved with diversity and inclusion efforts about their current programs
      • to shed more light on what is working and what is not.

    In fact, researchers recently found that mandatory diversity training that tries to police thoughts and behaviors does more harm than good.

    They often result in backlash and can make an organization less diverse in the long-run.

    In HCI’s survey, they asked about the D&I training offered but also explored the outcomes of those engagements to better understand the most effective ways to build inclusive diversity.

    In this research webcast they will:

    • Report on the prevalence of different types of D&I programs and who is responsible for design and implementation of them.
    • Explore the motivations of organizations focused on D&I as a means of compliance versus those organizations that invest in D&I to drive learning and leverage of diverse perspectives.
    • Learn the personal characteristics and abilities needed to foster a culture of inclusion.
    • Address the most notable challenges facing effective implementation of D&I efforts.

    Presenters:

    MaryFran Heinsch (LinkedIn profile) HCI (Human Capital Institute) Research Analyst

    Dr. Jenna Filipkowski (LinkedIn profile) HCI Director of Research,

    Aubrey K. Wiete  (LinkedIn profile) MA is a Senior Research Analyst at the HCI in Org Development & Leadership Practice. Aubrey has researched the prevalence of talent mobility, temployee engagement. the need for cross-generational coaching and mentoring, as well as the imperative of career development plans fostering employee engagement. Aubrey’s areas of expertise include effective team-building and performance, and building creative and sustainable employee cultures.

    Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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    Valuing & Leveraging Differences For Business Success

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