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- Steal These Thoughts 04.04.23 | 3 Amazing Ways L&D Can Revolutionise Your Talent Strategy
Steal These Thoughts 04.04.23 | 3 Amazing Ways L&D Can Revolutionise Your Talent Strategy
3 Amazing Ways L&D Can Revolutionise Your Talent Strategy
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The Big Thought
Does your organisation understand the value of its L&D function?You might not even know.so many organisations seek the golden elixir to power performance that they miss the obvious solutions right in front of them.The L&D function is one of them.Yes, I'm an L&D pro, so yes, I'm biased. But, hear me out!In my opinion, L&D has a pivotal role in the 3 areas of talent attraction, skill and behaviour development, and retention.We need to look beyond Learning & Development teams just being valued for building people capability.Whilst it is certainly responsible for enabling people to build the skills and behaviours they need to deliver for a business. It can and does provide a lot more too.Let me unpack this in more detail.
I believe L&D teams have the ability to empower, challenge, attract and retain top talent for any business.
I’ve worked across all areas of recruiting, developing and trying to retain talent over my career. What I’ve come to find in my time, more specifically in L&D, is how underutilised the opportunities that your learning offer can bring to the process of attracting talent and keeping it there are utilised.The people world is more connected than we think.The 3 areas I speak of form a connected people experience to support the end to end process of world-class talent management.That must be the most corpo-sounding line I've written in a while!
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So. how exactly does L&D connect all these components?Excellent question, friend - let us explore that together👇.
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Why will top talent want to come work with you?
That's the question every organisation should ask.Yes, of course, money will be high on the list. Benefits too, the work and brand power no doubt. Yet, what else can we offer beyond this? A lot of companies talk about the same standard package to their prospective candidates, so how do you stand out from the crowd?
We know more people want to know how they can grow with an organisation.Specifically, how they can build and improve their skills, not just how much money they will make. This is where your learning offer comes into play. Many people move to new environments for a challenge that will push them and the opportunity to evolve. L&D can provide this in spades.One of the common reasons why people leave their jobs (behind salary of course) is career progression. Many of us look for a new place of work to be part of experiences that will allow us to develop the skills and behaviours we seek for our long-term growth.
When organisations speak with candidates, I believe they should be telling them about what they can offer from an L&D perspective. Sadly, it doesn't seem many do this.
Aside from the money, the company car and bean bag chairs, your learning offer could sway the mind of a candidate to join you.
If you feel you’ve built a world-class learning offer that is leading the way in your industry, you should be shouting about it!This is especially true if you're part of a business that may not have the ability to be competitive from a salary and benefits standpoint.Your learning offer, and the opportunities it can bring, always feels to be an underutilised tool to me.I’ve spoken to a number of recruiters over the years, seen thousands of job descriptions and rarely have I seen or heard the words “we have some amazing learning opportunities to build world-class skills and a great career here”.
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