Essential Skills in Business
Opencast
How can essential skills provide the structured approach needed to nurture the diverse talents across a business?
Competency framework
Line management
Professional development
Clearly defining the skills required for success provides our people with tangible benchmarks for performance and growth. Through our new skills framework and guidance to build personalised development plans, our people are now equipped with the tools and resources needed to realise their full potential.
Victoria Reilly - Director of People Development
To create clarity around the skills valued by the organisation, supporting inclusive growth and non-traditional career paths
To support employees and their line managers to self reflect against the framework and set structured development goals
Two thirds of Opencast's people have an active professional development plan in place
Employees report feeling more engaged in their learning opportunities, and clearer on their career path
Line managers report having the tools and language for giving feedback and helping their people set meaningful goals
The Skills Builder Excellence Standards set clear guidelines for best practice across a business or team.
Business or teams who achieve these indicators work towards achieving an Excellence Mark accreditation.
The Staff Development Excellence Standards are outlined below.
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