Today’s organizations focus on providing inclusive products and services that can appeal to diverse customers. A key component of this is building a company workforce that reflects the diverse audience it serves, ensuring they’re better able to surpass this goal.
The good news is that many companies are transitioning to skills-based organizations, where talent management is based on skills development. Recent research from Udemy found that 67% of employees believe a skills-based approach will significantly improve fairness in the workplace, and 66% agree it will foster a more diverse and inclusive work environment. With the rise of skills-based organizations, we can build stronger, more equitable workforces, undoing years of boundaries put in place by traditional workplace “benchmarks” like college degrees.
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