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Building the Skills-Based Organization

A Blueprint for Transformation

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Make Employee Skills the Currency Within Your Organization

Make Employee Skills the Currency Within Your Organization

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In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are increasingly recognizing the critical importance of employees’ skills as a means of building the organization. This is a fundamental change from focusing solely on specific job titles, position credentials, org charts, and reporting hierarchies when considering organizational growth. Meanwhile, workers and job seekers desire better opportunities to showcase their unique abilities and greater career mobility. Now, organizations have the opportunity to meet their organizational and employees’ needs by focusing more on how to tap into the existing skills of their workforce and develop the skills they need to remain agile and competitive.

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are increasingly recognizing the critical importance of employees’ skills as a means of building the organization. This is a fundamental change from focusing solely on specific job titles, position credentials, org charts, and reporting hierarchies when considering organizational growth. Meanwhile, workers and job seekers desire better opportunities to showcase their unique abilities and greater career mobility. Now, organizations have the opportunity to meet their organizational and employees’ needs by focusing more on how to tap into the existing skills of their workforce and develop the skills they need to remain agile and competitive.

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While the transformation process to a skills-based organization is complex and may seem overwhelming, skills expert and visionary Koreen Pagano offers you a blueprint for making the shift and achieving success. She shows you how to get started and build over time, emphasizing that you do not have to overhaul every HR, learning and development, and management process and program at once. Start small and wherever it makes the most sense for your organization.

While the transformation process to a skills-based organization is complex and may seem overwhelming, skills expert and visionary Koreen Pagano offers you a blueprint for making the shift and achieving success. She shows you how to get started and build over time, emphasizing that you do not have to overhaul every HR, learning and development, and management process and program at once. Start small and wherever it makes the most sense for your organization.

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In this book, explore the different components of a skills-based organization—hiring and recruitment, organizational culture, performance management, and career development—as well as strategies for continuous improvement at the people, process, and system levels. Learn to understand the current potential for skills, what is needed to overcome resistance to the change, and how to secure buy-in from your organization’s decision makers. Examine how to plan for the collection, analysis, and governance of your skills data.

In this book, explore the different components of a skills-based organization—hiring and recruitment, organizational culture, performance management, and career development—as well as strategies for continuous improvement at the people, process, and system levels. Learn to understand the current potential for skills, what is needed to overcome resistance to the change, and how to secure buy-in from your organization’s decision makers. Examine how to plan for the collection, analysis, and governance of your skills data.

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This book is perfect for HR and talent strategists who want to go beyond the theoretical and see real results, regardless of where they may be on their path to building a skills-based organization. Case studies of companies at different stages in the journey prove this isn’t just an aspirational goal, but one that actual companies are achieving.

This book is perfect for HR and talent strategists who want to go beyond the theoretical and see real results, regardless of where they may be on their path to building a skills-based organization. Case studies of companies at different stages in the journey prove this isn’t just an aspirational goal, but one that actual companies are achieving.

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Book Details

Book Details

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    ISBN: 9781960231741

    ISBN: 9781960231741

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    Pages: 368

    Pages: 368

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    Publication Date: October 2025

    Publication Date: October 2025

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    Formats: Paperback, PDF

    Formats: Paperback, PDF

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    Product Code: 112513

    Product Code: 112513

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About the Authors

Koreen Pagano

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Koreen Pagano, co-founder of Rising Tide Cooperative, is a globally recognized executive with deep expertise in skills strategy, AI transformation, analytics, learning technology, and immersive experiences. Koreen previously founded Tandem Learning, where she pioneered immersive learning through virtual worlds, games, and simulations. She has since held product leadership roles at Lynda.com, LinkedIn, D2L, Degreed, and Wiley. In her current role, Koreen advises on AI and skills transformation initiatives in companies large and small. Koreen is a seasoned international speaker and author of two books, Immersive Learning and Building the Skills-Based Organization. She lives in Carpinteria, CA, where she raised her seven (now adult) children with her adventure partner, John. Koreen is a certified Master Gardener and helps run the family business, Night Owl Ciderworks.

Koreen Pagano, co-founder of Rising Tide Cooperative, is a globally recognized executive with deep expertise in skills strategy, AI transformation, analytics, learning technology, and immersive experiences. Koreen previously founded Tandem Learning, where she pioneered immersive learning through virtual worlds, games, and simulations. She has since held product leadership roles at Lynda.com, LinkedIn, D2L, Degreed, and Wiley. In her current role, Koreen advises on AI and skills transformation initiatives in companies large and small. Koreen is a seasoned international speaker and author of two books, Immersive Learning and Building the Skills-Based Organization. She lives in Carpinteria, CA, where she raised her seven (now adult) children with her adventure partner, John. Koreen is a certified Master Gardener and helps run the family business, Night Owl Ciderworks.

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