Enneagram At Work: Meeting future work needs through skill-based talent practices

To recruit or re-skill? The classic, age old question that baffles every employer.

According to Korn Ferry’s?“Future of Work”?series,?there will be a global human talent shortage of more than 85 million people by the year 2030. With the evolving nature of work and technology, not to mention the growing skill gap, It’s no secret that employers today are having a hard time hiring the right candidates to fill their open positions.

Organisations, post- pandemic, are scrambling towards bridging the gap between demand and supply by building a skills-based talent model backed by an agile work design for their future workforce. According to a Gartner survey, 60% of HR leaders report pressure from the CEO’s to ensure employees have the skills needed in the future. On average, organisations around the world doubled the investment that went into reskilling their employees, spending as much as US $2,800 per learner.?

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught HR managers and employers alike, it is the growing need for a skill based organisation. According to Mercer’s Global Talent Trends 2022 study -

“Organisations that were already operating in a skills-based model were able to uncover “hidden” skillsets and more easily move talent to meet new demands during the pandemic.”?

As organisations address skill shortages, few understand how to equip and prioritise the skills needed for their future workforce. HR managers are struggling to reconfigure their infrastructure and processes to allow a smooth transition towards creating a skill based talent- model.?

How does the Enneagram help implement a skills-based talent model?

The Enneagram is a personality typing framework that breaks down the patterns of human behaviour into nine distinct types. As per the Enneagram framework, there are nine different, yet interconnected ways of perceiving and experiencing the world that enables us to understand some of the most important questions like –

• Who am I?
• Why do I do what I do ?
• How do I think, act, and feel ?

When implemented in real - time, the data gathered from the framework provides organisations with in-depth insights into the various personality types, motivations, values, compatibility and on the job behaviours and skills of their employees. The Enneagram helps HR professionals in building a skills-based culture backed by data-driven decisions and industry trends all the while aligning the organisation's needs with the employee's ability to deliver.

By harnessing an employee’s skills, organisations can widen their talent pool, making it more diverse, unique and scalable.