St. Charles Consulting Group Releases "Enterprise Skills Unlocked"

The First Practical Guide to Building Skills-Based Talent Management

ST. CHARLES, Ill., June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Charles Consulting Group, a leader in strategic consulting for Fortune 1000 organizations, is proud to announce the release of Enterprise Skills Unlocked: A Blueprint for Building Skills-Based Talent Management. Authored by Craig Friedman, Talent Strategist at St. Charles Consulting Group, this groundbreaking book is the first practical and comprehensive guide to implementing a skills-based talent strategy in today's enterprise.

A companion to the widely praised book, The Talent-Fueled Enterprise, authored by Mike Ohata with contributions from Larry Durham and Eric Dingler (June 2024), this new release goes beyond vision and theory - offering real-world tools, frameworks, and step-by-step guidance to help HR, learning, and business leaders transform how their organizations attract, grow, and retain talent.

"Skills-based talent strategies are emerging as a key pillar of HR transformation," said Friedman. "Organizations are facing talent shortages, rapid digital transformation, and evolving job roles, making adaptable talent models a necessity to keep pace with rapidly changing markets. Enterprise Skills Unlocked shows leaders how to move from strategy to action - and how to do it in a way that drives real business value."

Drawing on three decades of consulting experience and insights from over 150 interviews and 80 client examples, Friedman and the St. Charles Consulting team bring clarity to a complex field. The book introduces proprietary, field-tested tools, such as the STREAM™ Maturity Model and Skills Value Chain, to help organizations assess their current state and plan their path forward.

Enterprise Skills Unlocked is structured to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders:

• Unit 1: For senior executives building the business case
• Unit 2: For PMOs and governance leaders, aligning teams and mitigating risk
• Unit 3: For tech leads and systems architects building the infrastructure of a skills-based organization

"Whether you lead all of Talent or Learning for your organization, drive the company's skills strategy, or serve as a deep-expert practitioner, Enterprise Skills Unlocked is a must-have blueprint and guidebook to build your skills-based organization," says Mike Ohata, former KPMG Partner and acclaimed author. "Craig Friedman takes the traditional talent models for People, Jobs, Work Tasks (activities), and Workforce Planning and turns them on their side, setting into motion how an organization could operate with skills as the center of gravity, unlocking possibilities of workforce capability."

Designed to be used in tandem with The Talent-Fueled Enterprise, the two books form a powerful toolkit for Chief Learning Officers, CHROs, and cross-functional teams. With aligned language, shared frameworks, and modular sections, they empower organizations to move forward together, from vision to execution.

Whether your organization is experimenting with localized pilots or aiming for an enterprise-wide transformation, Enterprise Skills Unlocked provides the blueprint to make it happen. This first-of-its-kind book is now available for purchase through Amazon, with the audiobook to be released later this summer on Audible.

About St. Charles Consulting Group
St. Charles Consulting Group specializes in maximizing the value of talent for Fortune 1000 organizations through strategic consulting, innovative learning solutions, and managed services. Our Innovation Center, The HIVE, is dedicated to researching and developing cutting-edge talent development solutions. With 25 years of experience, we have delivered thousands of talent development solutions to more than 200 client organizations.

About the Author
Craig Friedman is a respected human capital consultant with more than 30 years of experience helping global organizations align talent strategies with business goals. He currently serves as a senior leader at St. Charles Consulting Group, where he brings data-rich insight and tested methodologies to drive workforce transformation.

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