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Skills Readiness Planner

October 27, 2025

At A Glance

An HR leader’s guide to assessing organizational readiness and accelerating skills-based transformation. 

Contributors
Jon Kaplan Senior Advisor
Practices & Centers

Advancing and sustaining your organization’s skills-based talent practices is a significant, enterprise-wide effort that requires ongoing engagement, executive support, and a shared sense of purpose. When aligned, these factors lay the foundation for a change-ready culture that can drive successful implementation and help existing efforts gain traction and scale.

This planner is designed to help companies move from intent to action in adopting or expanding skills-based talent practices. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to accelerate existing efforts, the activities, tools, and prompts in this resource will help you build the conditions for long-term success.

This planner isn’t just a checklist—it’s a conversation starter, a reflection tool, and a launchpad for action.  

As such, you don’t need to complete it all at once. Use it over time to inform strategy sessions, leadership briefings, and internal working groups.