Mind the Gaps

The skills gap is often defined as the difference between the skills future workers have and the skills employers seek in new hires. But the skills gap also exists for the already employed workers and can keep growing unless they keep their skills up to date.

Akrasia is the ancient Greek term for acting against your better judgment—the gap between what you plan to do and what you actually do. This phenomenon occurs because:

• Your present self values immediate rewards over future benefits
• Your future self appears as a...

• Once a skills gap has been identified within your business, the decision has to made whether to train an existing member of staff or recruit a new one. 
• Now, for many businesses struggling with the same challenge of staff shortages and budget cuts, training internal staff up to fill ...