Today’s skilled-labour shortages are compounded by new economic uncertainty, which has resulted in many midsize professional services companies prioritising employee productivity. Efficient staff, equipped with all of the training and skills that they need to thrive, is quickly rising to become a fundamental business objective for these companies to compete amid rapidly changing market conditions. In fact, recent IDC research, commissioned by SAP, revealed that increasing employee productivity/efficiency was the number one business objective at these companies, listed by 46% of respondents – beating the objective of growing revenue (41%).
