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LinkedIn Learning 2023 Workplace Learning Report
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LinkedIn Learning 2023 Workplace Learning Report

Building the agile future

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LinkedIn Learning, 2023
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A company’s learning and development leaders (L&D) are key to its resilience. According to the LinkedIn Learning 2023 Workplace Learning Report, L&D can best serve organizations and employees alike by bringing business goals into alignment with employee learning objectives. Accomplishing this goal calls for L&D to partner with leaders across their companies. By helping employees build new skills, L&D will both nurture their potential and increase worker retention rates. Moreover, they will give their companies a greater ability to pivot in the face of change.

Summary

L&D will play a vital role in helping employees develop the skills that will allow organizations to thrive in the face of change.

In 2023, L&D or “learning leaders” are more important than ever before. L&D leaders’ primary aim should be to align companies’ business targets with their approaches to employee learning. L&D should also prioritize three other goals: improving employees’ skills; cultivating an environment that values learning; and increasing the company’s track record in retaining and developing employees.

The pandemic disrupted companies and made different skills relevant. But needed skill sets were already evolving before COVID-19 struck. At least 25% of in-demand skills have changed since 2015 – a percentage that will likely double by 2027. Nearly 90% of L&D professionals believe that proactively developing employees’ skills will help their organizations adapt to work’s changing demands. The most crucial skills today include “management,” “communication,” “leadership” and “teamwork...

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LinkedIn Learning is an American online learning provider. It provides video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative and business skills. It is a subsidiary of LinkedIn. For its 2023 Workplace Learning Report, LinkedIn Learning surveyed L&D and HR professionals around the world.

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    P. D. 3 weeks ago
    “Prioritize your own learning”: Absolutely! AND, much like the proverbial shoemakers who often sport the shabbiest shoes, learning and development professionals must annually immunize themselves against the trendy fads that tend to infiltrate the industry. But that's probably wishful thinking! ;-)