As pressure to upskill grows, 5 models emerge — from forbes.com by Allison Dulin Salisbury
Excerpt:
The Business Roundtable made big news in August when it redefined the role of corporations to focus on not just share price, but stakeholders. According to the nearly 200 CEOS who joined the statement, making that shift requires that employers not only compensate employees fairly, and provide “important benefits,” it “includes supporting them through training and education that help develop new skills for a rapidly changing world.”
Whatever your preferred statistics, the message is clear: Millions of American workers need new skills, and that number is only set to grow. This talent mismatch isn’t just bad for individuals, it’s a challenge to businesses’ continued productivity and growth. That makes investments that help workers build new skills, and chart a course toward economic mobility, not only mission-aligned—but a business imperative.
In response to a growing imperative, we are experiencing a sort of renaissance at the intersection of education and corporate training.
