For many, today’s workplace can be like a raging storm – a set of forces that can literally sweep you off your game and take you to a place you really don’t want to be! Knowing how to succeed in today’s workplace is key.
Here’s why!
In our current work environment there is one undeniable truth that has given rise to one unavoidable challenge – innovation and technology are changing the nature of work. As a result, there is a constant need for workers to continually upgrade and change the way they work.
Organizations are responding to these rapid changes by becoming flatter, more agile, and more collaborative. As a result, there will be fewer formal management positions along with a growing need for everyone to demonstrate self-management and self-leadership.
Flexibility will be more important than ever. Working in agile and responsive teams will push the development of more sophisticated ways of successfully interacting with others. If workers do not improve the way they communicate and collaborate – one-to-one and in teams — organizations will falter. Some have already failed.
These observations are supported by data from Pew Research
According to the most recent Pew Research: The State of American Jobs (October 2016) the fastest growing jobs, the ones which pay well and are more secure, are those jobs that require not just more education, but more specific social and analytical skills.
This confirms the challenge just noted. Organizations are changing and shifting and individuals need to keep up too. The good news is that Pew also found that most people accept the need for ongoing and continual personal growth. They also recognize the need to take responsibility for their own development. If you are in this group, you already know you have to learn and grow and become more “savvy” — not just smart.
To succeed in today’s workplace you need to focus immediately on four absolutely critical actions!
- Commit to continual learning.
- Develop self-leadership and management.
- Be easy to work with.
- Be a coach – to yourself and others. And, be coachable too.
Prepare in all these ways. When you do you’ll discover new and better ways to:
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