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Skills and ladders: Interactive skills strategy workshop 

by | Mar 26, 2025

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Skills and ladders: Interactive skills strategy workshop 

The market is alive with discussion about becoming skills-powered, with plenty of conflicting advice and a tendency to overpromise on how straightforward it can be. However, there are many ‘snakes’ (challenges) that prevent organisations from fully embracing this journey. But fear not, for every snake, there’s a ‘ladder’ (an enabler) to help you climb higher.  

We hosted an interactive workshop where we tackled the barriers to building a skills-powered organisation and showed participants how to navigate their way to success. Whether they were facing data challenges, cultural resistance, or struggling to gain executive buy-in, we helped unpack these issues and provided practical solutions to smooth the journey.

Watch this quick video to understand what this workshop entails:

What do you mean by interactive workshop? 

We believe people get the most of events that they can actually enjoy, this event was a play on snakes and ladders.

Attendees were split into small groups and rotated around our playing board to each of our expert-led sessions. Each hands-on session was short and sweet (around 20 minutes) with practical takeaways. 

The event ended with a lively panel discussion and drinks reception to recap the learnings from the day and to answer any outstanding questions from our valued players.

The snakes: 

The ladders: 

  • Data chaos and no common skills language 
  • Lack of executive buy-in 
  • Cultural resistance and workforce engagement 
  • High cost, time investment, and complexity 
  • Creating a unified skills taxonomy 
  • Building a strong business case for executives 
  • Effective change management and workforce engagement strategies 
  • Tech enablers that streamline skills processes 

 

This event was aimed at senior HR & talent professionals, this workshop equipped them with the tools and insights to make informed decisions about your skills strategy. You’ll leave with: 

  • A value case template to justify investment in skills initiatives. 
  • A showcase of enabling technology to streamline your approach. 
  • A clear framework to decide which skills approaches are best suited to your organisation. 

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