Episode 232: How the Work World is Redefining Reskilling and Upskilling

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Episode 232: How the Work World is Redefining Reskilling and Upskilling

Speaker: Linda Ginac, Founder and CEO of TalentGuard

Topics include:

  • How and why was TalentGuard founded?
  • Why is reskilling such a problem?
  • How does TalentGuard help with reskilling and upskilling?
  • Client examples of how TalentGuard helps organizations
  • How can TalentGuard facilitate upskilling, reskilling and career development at scale?
  • How does TalentGuard help with talent mobility?
  • What is the role of data in reskilling and upskilling
  • Why do most reskilling efforts fail?
  • What can we learn from the role of an insurance claims adjuster?
  • TalentGuard’s2023 business priorities
  • Insights from Linda’s journey
  • And more!

To read the Executive Interview from the podcast with Linda Ginac, download the pdf here: https://go.brandonhall.com/TalentGuard_EI_232

Linda Ginac is the Founder and CEO of TalentGuard, a leading Workforce Skills Management Platform that unlocks complete visibility of skills with intelligent data insights to meet business and workforce demands for upskilling & reskilling, talent mobility and personalized development. Before TalentGuard, she founded a successful career development franchise, The Ginac Group, serving clients across the U.S. and Canada. Prior to this, Linda was Vice President of Product Strategy at Cofiniti, where she was instrumental in pioneering Cofiniti’s global entry into collaborative financial planning using cloud-based technology and helping to prepare the company for a successful exit to H&R Block. Linda also served as a marketing executive at pcOrder collaborating with the team that led the company from a start-up to a NASDAQ-listed public corporation. In prior leadership roles, Linda served as Vice President of Marketing at EPSIAA, where she led the global expansion of the brand through acquisition by Fiserv, Vice President of Business Development at Computer People, and a few roles in marketing at Digital Equipment Corporation. Linda is based in Austin, Texas and has a master’s degree in Career Development from John F. Kennedy University and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Norwich University

 

TalentGuard is a leading Workforce Skills Management Platform that unlocks complete visibility of skills with intelligent data insights to meet business and workforce demands for upskilling & reskilling, talent mobility and personalized development.

 

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