[1] In some cases, organizations can also use mutual feedback and assessments to crowdsource the calculation of skills.
Robert Katz identified three managerial skills essential to successful management: technical, human, and conceptual.
[3] In 2003, the HR team at IBM saw the need to develop a set of tools and processes for managing their large workforce.
IBM could see that data insights would become ever more vital to business success and they concluded that a system that tracks and provides ample information about their most important asset (their people) was needed for continued performance.
Depending on their employer, it may also result in a personal development plan (PDP) of training to bridge some or all of those skills gaps over a given period.