Associations: A Vital Force in Workforce Development
Date postedDecember 15, 2025
📖This article originally appeared in the 2025 Fall edition of Impact magazine.
Skill gaps, workforce shortages, and uncertain career pathways are among the most pressing challenges in today’s labor market. Associations are stepping up as training providers, standard-setters, and conveners of solutions. Recent findings from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) confirm what Michigan leaders already know: associations are indispensable players in workforce development.