Beyond Skills: The Five Real Drivers of Workforce Performance

About this episode

Matthew Richter discusses the limitations of viewing performance solely as a skills issue and presents a more strategic approach to workforce performance.

Most L&D programs treat performance as a skills problem. Matthew Richter joins IDIODC to explain why that thinking limits your impact and what a more honest, strategic approach to performance actually looks like.

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Van Wingerden, Paul Schneider

Guest: Matthew Richter

Topics covered

• workforce performance
• L&D programs
• strategic approach
• skills problem
• impact

Keywords

• workforce performance
• L&D
• skills problem
• strategic approach
• impact

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Organizations: IDIODC

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