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In a world of constant flux, organizations are only as adaptable as their people and their skills. Today nearly half of learning and talent development professionals see a skills crisis, with 49% agreeing, “My executives are concerned that employees do not have the right skills to execute our business strategy.”\r\n \r\nTo address this gap, learning is critical. But new LinkedIn data says there’s also more to it. Learning combined with career development — leadership training, coaching, internal mobility, and more — accelerates the flow of critical skills to keep pace with business needs.\r\n \r\nWhy is career development — a classic idea with new relevance — so powerful for adaptability and growth? Consider that career progress is people’s No. 1 motivation to learn. When employees don’t move ahead, they leave and take their skills elsewhere. By investing in career development, employers counteract the anxiety that comes with rapid change by building loyalty, energy, and innovation for the next era of work. In short, great companies are built on great careers.\r\n \r\nRead on for data and advice to put career-driven learning into action.\r\n"}}" id="text-78bb40f2ed" class="cmp-text"> In a world of constant flux, organizations are only as adaptable as their people and their skills. Today nearly half of learning and talent development professionals see a skills crisis, with 49% agreeing, “My executives are concerned that employees do not have the right skills to execute our business strategy.” To address this gap, learning is critical. But new LinkedIn data says there’s also more to it. Learning combined with career development — leadership training, coaching, internal mobility, and more — accelerates the flow of critical skills to keep pace with business needs. Why is career development — a classic idea with new relevance — so powerful for adaptability and growth? Consider that career progress is people’s No. 1 motivation to learn. When employees don’t move ahead, they leave and take their skills elsewhere. By investing in career development, employers counteract the anxiety that comes with rapid change by building loyalty, energy, and innovation for the next era of work. In short, great companies are built on great careers. Read on for data and advice to put career-driven learning into action. Table of contents <a href=\"#career-development-champions\">Career development champions ↓</a>\r\n \r\n<a href=\"#quest-to-capitalize\">The quest to capitalize ↓</a>\r\n \r\n<a href=\"#making-progress\">Making progress ↓</a>\r\n \r\n<a href=\"#playbooks-and-more\">Playbooks and more ↓</a>\r\n"}}" id="text-fb167d87da" class="cmp-text"> Career development champions ↓ The quest to capitalize ↓ Making progress ↓ Playbooks and more ↓ Career development champions\r\n"}}" id="text-50ab3490ed" class="cmp-text"> Career development champions Organizations that prioritize career development outpace others on key indicators of business success.\r\n"}}" id="text-e6a853b143" class="cmp-text"> Organizations that prioritize career development outpace others on key indicators of business success. What are organizations that embrace career development gaining over those that do not? To help answer this question, LinkedIn used survey responses to identify where organizations rank on a career development maturity curve, with the most mature qualifying as “career development champions.”\r\n \r\nThe upshot: Only 36% of organizations fall into the career development champions category with robust programs that yield business results. Another 31% have career development programs with limited adoption, and 33% have no initiatives or are just getting started.\r\n"}}" id="text-b7295b08a7" class="cmp-text"> What are organizations that embrace career development gaining over those that do not? To help answer this question, LinkedIn used survey responses to identify where organizations rank on a career development maturity curve, with the most mature qualifying as “career development champions.” The upshot: Only 36% of organizations fall into the career development champions category with robust programs that yield business results. Another 31% have career development programs with limited adoption, and 33% have no initiatives or are just getting started. What sets career development champions apart? How do career development champions outpace others in indicators of business success? Career development champions outperform non-champions on a range of positive indicators. They’re more confident in their ability to be profitable and to attract and retain talent. Significantly, career development champions are better positioned to reap the benefits of generative AI (GAI) transformation; 51% describe their organization as a frontrunner in GAI adoption (at the “leading” or “accelerating” stage), compared to 36% of those with weaker career development programs. Stated another way, career development champions are 42% more likely to be frontrunners in GAI adoption compared to all others.\r\n"}}" id="text-b69881d2bd" class="cmp-text"> Career development champions outperform non-champions on a range of positive indicators. They’re more confident in their ability to be profitable and to attract and retain talent. Significantly, career development champions are better positioned to reap the benefits of generative AI (GAI) transformation; 51% describe their organization as a frontrunner in GAI adoption (at the “leading” or “accelerating” stage), compared to 36% of those with weaker career development programs. Stated another way, career development champions are 42% more likely to be frontrunners in GAI adoption compared to all others. Mature career development initiatives correlate with positive outlook for profitability, confidence to attract and retain talent, and GAI adoption. The data in this report comes from three primary sources: interviews with global talent leaders; the annual Workplace Learning survey; and studies of LinkedIn platform data derived from 1 billion members, 14 million jobs, and 5 million profile updates per minute. <a href=\"#methodology\" title=\"Read the full methodology here.\">Read the full methodology here</a>.\r\n"}}" id="text-17e3566b8d" class="cmp-text"> The data in this report comes from three primary sources: …