Kaplan and Aon plc, announced a collaboration that brings together Aon’s industry-leading talent assessment capabilities with Kaplan Performance Academy, a world-class digital environment that hosts and coordinates custom-tailored learning, coaching, and assessments. The announcement comes at a time when many businesses are struggling with staffing issues during the pandemic, bringing both talent assessment and talent development to the top of their agenda. Human resources professionals are facing many new challenges, not only in identifying the right people, but retaining and developing their own talent. Aon’s assessment solutions undertake 30 million assessments annually and include aptitude tests, personality assessments, job simulations, and data and analytics for pre-hire assessments, employee development and identification of leadership potential to help companies make the best-informed talent decision. KPA combines digital and live learning experiences, online coaching, and assessment data to create a holistic developmental experience that is contextualized to an organization’s needs. It provides learning content in a variety of modalities, a global network of accredited coaches and subject matter experts available to support individuals in their professional development, and a unique performance tracker that ensures managers are engaged in supporting the learning process.