Skills Gap is a very healthy sign of change: Kohler’s Global L&D Head
By Sudeshna Mitra wide ‘beliefs & behaviours’ framework across 35000+ associates of Kohler around the world. His vision for his own function is to propagate a self-motivated learning
The skills gap is widening and becoming a larger and more serious drag on business efficiency globally. What's your take on this? Let me start by saying something - skills gap is not a new thing. It has always existed. At a very fundamental level, I look at it as a very healthy sign of change rather than a challenge. Having said that, the COVID19 economic shock has made the skills gap broader and the need to close it more urgent. Four things are driving the skills gap, as pointed out by the World Economic Forum: evolving nature of
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hile the skills gap coexists with the talent crisis, leaders struggle through the two in order to find the right fit. Indraneel Das, Global Head Learning & Development, Kohler feels that skills gap always existed but as a hammering effect of the pandemic on the economy, the gap has broadened. Having been a mentor for more than eight years, Das feels that skills gap always existed but as a hammering effect of the pandemic on the economy, the gap has broadened. As a leader, he has been instrumental in creating and driving leadership development and change management through an organisation-
culture which he fondly calls #loveforlearning.
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The pandemic has had an immediate effect on the economy eventually affecting the global talent pool. Amid the widening skills gap, it is crucial to make the workforce future-ready parallelly offering the best employee experiences of their lives for retention, says Indraneel Das, Global Head Learning & Development, Kohler Co.
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