Women, Minorities, and Other Extraordinary People by Barbara B. Adams PsyD

Author:Barbara B. Adams PsyD
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626345089
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
Published: 2018-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

The so-called bar and who clears it actually says more about a company and its hiring managers than it does about the candidates applying for a given role.”

If our goal is to develop a truly sustainable, progressive, diverse, and inclusive workforce, we have to rethink and fundamentally recreate our hiring processes and systems. We should not only focus on the procurement of skills we need for our companies but also experiment with nontraditional ways of finding and hiring great talent.

If our goal is to develop a truly sustainable, progressive, diverse, and inclusive workforce, we have to rethink and fundamentally recreate our hiring processes and systems.”

Looking forward, we also need to consider the hard and soft skills that will serve our companies well. The Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, researched and compiled a Future Work Skills 2020 report, identifying critical skills individuals will one day need in order to succeed in environments of rapid change.10 The report, though originally published in 2011, remains relevant today and has profound implications for business and technology, especially as the report pertains to our own strategic workforce development and planning. Its list of critical skills includes:

the ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressed

the ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions

proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond those that are rote or rule-based

the ability to operate in different cultural settings

the ability to work productively, drive engagement, and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team

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