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IT experts are hard to find, and organizations must make sure they offer working conditions that are attractive for them – and for those being hired from the market. Consider identifying where the up-coming talents in the organization are that have the potential to develop and can take over critical roles in the future.Īdditionally, develop succession plans for top talent, not only in management positions, but to also make sure there is a succession plan to fill the gaps and minimize the risk of being understaffed. A talent program is not just something to do once – the requirement is to constantly understand what type of skills are needed in the organization, (today and tomorrow) and develop strategies to identify and retain the right talents.

Once the right talent is on board make sure to keep them. More collaborative learning methods, if implemented in the right way, will help to bridge those shortfalls.

Technical training content often fails to keep up the pace with technological progress so that formal training – while it still has its value – is far too slow. Think about coaching and mentoring, shadowing, expert sessions, and knowledge sharing forums. Consider starting with a skills gap analysis which identifies exactly what people need to learn and what the most effective methodologies are for your specific target groups.Ĭonsider learning activities beyond formal training. Sending them on formal extensive training sessions will take ages, cost a fortune and may not meet identified needs.

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It is important to carefully consider how to improve IT staff. If none of this is as straight forward, it’s possible to work with partners to close the gaps, which might be needed regardless, in order to augment the team, as it “skills up.” Uncover new talents within the organization and move them into new roles, while training them To close those gaps, there are a variety of possibilities: Assess the skills available in the organization today against those profiles to determine the gaps. In many situations they will have to change from their current roles and learn new skills. The next step is to decide how you to assign existing staff to their new roles. Start with a fresh mind and design the organization so that it is aligned with goals and how the IT team should be operated in the context of running the business.

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Build job and skills profiles or update the existing ones to reflect the new world. The starting point is to define what skills and competencies are needed to support the target operating model. Understand what behaviors, mindset and skills are needed to operate the IT organization in a way that it can achieve its goals.

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It needs to be clear about what role IT plays in the value chain: Is it a support function, will it be a service provider to lines of business or is it even a driver for innovation and business generation? Once this is laid out, determine how the people working in and with IT need to support this.

The people strategy needs to be aligned with business strategy and reflect the business goals to be achieved within the transformation project. Studies show though, captured in an article by a colleague, Ian Jagger, that moving to a hybrid cloud environment frequently fails if your staff is not aware of the changes and does not have the right skill set.įrom HPE’s Edge-to-Cloud Adoption Framework, which includes “people” as one of the capability domains, there are five main sub-domains considered to ensure that your workforce supports the transformation and is ready to take on the challenge. You’d think that the words might be heeded, but particularly in IT transformations where the focus lies so much in getting the technology in place and working, the people aspects are often pushed to the side or left out completely. They can be your most important catalyst for digital transformation, or the greatest obstacle, and certainly digital transformation will fail without applying the human aspect is often pushed to the side or left out completely.

You have probably heard and read it a thousand times: In any kind of transformation, your people are one of the most critical success factors.