The document discusses a skills gap among American workers where soft skills like critical thinking, problem solving, and communication are lacking more so than technical skills. It outlines Bellevue University's two-year process to develop a new "Skills to Performance" learning model that integrates seven key "Power Skills" - problem solving, decision making, judgment, communication, self-management, collaboration, and value clarification - into corporate learning programs. The goal is to ensure employees can apply their knowledge to productive business outcomes and address companies' needs for workers who can "hit the ground running."