Shifting to digitalisation | Rethinking your talent strategy with assessment for development

By Pippa Cronk, Senior Consultant — Right Management UK

The shift towards digitisation has forced organisations across the globe to rethink their talent strategies. As the world of work and ways of working have changed, so too have the essential skills and characteristics needed for success.

Workers have had to become increasingly flexible, adapting to and evolving with the changing needs of their employers, and businesses are facing new talent shortages as they transform to meet the needs of a changed world.

Understanding what - and who - they need to invest in, is key for organisational success in times of transformation, and talent assessment tools are growing in importance as employers look for objective ways to develop their workforce capabilities internally.