Capabilities
Competency-driven performance assessments
Measure the capabilities that matter to your business, assess learners on the competencies that are important in their roles, and develop performance that impacts the bottom line.
Forget the boring old
skills taxonomies.
Performance should impact business.
Employees should know how they can have an impact.
That’s why Capabilities matter.
Have productive performance conversations.
Give leaders the information to confidently and objectively talk about performance with their people.
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Offer development plans from day one
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See real progress via manager dashboards
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Eliminate proximity or recency bias with performance history
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Turn 1:1s into regular, meaningful coaching opportunities
Report on impact, not ratings.
Capability assessments reveal the exact proficiency level learners are performing at today so you know what they need to progress tomorrow.
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Run gap analysis at the learner, cohort, and organisational levels
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Track behavioral change with self & manager assessments
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Automate capability assessments at certain milestones
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Get 360° feedback for a holistic view
Build your own capability framework.
Create a framework from scratch, custom-made for your roles, goals, and strategy.
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Use Acorn AI to define capabilities based on business goals
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Import an existing capability framework or build from industry templates
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Map content to capabilities for more contextual learning
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Launch your framework in days, not months
Help learners see their future.
Connect today’s performance with tomorrow’s career goals with succession plans that develop the leaders you need.
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Easily find high performers with capability gap analysis
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Decrease ramp time with development plans based on individual proficiency
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Use AI to put the right content in front of learners
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Ensure every learner sees how they impact strategy
Deliver more personalized training with AI.
Other AIs simply create more content for you. Acorn AI helps make relevant content easily discoverable for learners by mapping it to capabilities that impact business.
Get started with Capabilities today
Acorn PLMS’s new, free capability framework builder.
Capability Assistant does the grunt work of identifying, defining and assigning competencies to job roles in your company, saving you hours to focus on more impactful work.
Build your Framework
I love this PLMS! I believe it has everything we need to be able to offer competency-based training!
What do you like best about Acorn PLMS?
The Capabilities for sure! Being able to offer competency-based training and assessment is the way to go! Acorn PLMS is easy to use, and the implementation process offers you support and help in every step.
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