Key points discussed included:
- Skills utilisation - how skills are applied in the workplace - is a key concern for the UKCES and management plays a pivotal role.
- “Leitch was wrong” in a key aspect of his report, argued Chris Humphries – the implication that raising the skills base necessarily improves productivity and competitiveness. Skills are a necessary factor in improving productivity, but they alone are not sufficient. Companies need business strategies, and leadership and management, that utilises those skills to raise their game.
- More widespread awareness and understanding of leadership and management is needed.
- A fall in the number of young people entering the workforce will have a major impact on employers. Better management will be required to meet this generation’s expectations at work.
- Improving leadership and management in small and medium enterprises remains a key challenge.
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