No-cost assessment helps team members gain the skills needed to manage themselves, manage others and lead others.
Bellevue University, one of America’s top online universities, announced the addition of a new product offering – its Workforce Skills Assessment – to help employers identify opportunities to develop effective employees, managers and leaders.
The assessment identifies 17 skills that are critical to individuals, managers, and leaders and bundles them into a validated competency model that employers can easily deploy in their own organisations.
“The model helps organisations establish a shared understanding of what it needs from its workforce to stay competitive,” said Dr. Rich Lombardo, Vice President of Bellevue’s Workforce Skills Academy. “The individual results give employees the information they need to move from managing themselves, to managing others, to leading others.” He added that the online assessment can be used free of charge by companies of all sizes, in any industry.
Research done by McKinsey & Company in 2023 highlights the importance of building a robust talent pipeline in the midst of a turbulent labour market. According to “The State of Organizations 2023”, companies that successfully develop people and manage them well gain a long-term performance edge in outcomes spanning revenue, talent attrition and economic profit.
“The Workforce Skills Assessment instrument is a diagnostic tool designed to identify real-world leadership skills. Employers can use the results to focus on performance and growth goals,” said Dr. Mary Hawkins, President of Bellevue University.
Every employee participant who takes the online assessment receives a detailed report highlighting their key strengths and their opportunities for growth. Team leads and managers also have access to aggregate reporting at the unit level.
