Building workforce competency

A detailed analysis of competency within the workplace and its importance.

Building workforce competency

Competence within the workplace is of exceptional importance, lack of this can lead to a loss; financially and in reputation.

This report will explore the current workplace framework for competence and how this can evolve, ensuring that learners and practitioners are equipped to ensure competence at work. With differing job roles requiring different levels of proficiency, ensuring that it’s catered for every job role is necessary.

In this report, we seek to:  

  • Understand the need for workplace competence and proficiency 

  • Clarify competency definitions 

  • Assess and recognize competency, allowing it to be catered to all roles. 

About the author

Towards Maturity

Towards Maturity

Towards Maturity was founded in 2003 with a mission to help learning professionals deliver effective learning innovation that makes a real impact.

Since joining Emerald in 2017, we've extended the reach and insight of this industry research program across the wider international learning community. Today, we serve more than 65,000 learners across more than 83 countries and counting.

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