No matter how much you plan for the future; it is still an unknown. You never know exactly what will happen; you can assume and make plans for what you think might happen. When preparing your business and workers for what is to come, you must base it on a hypothesis.
Are You Prepared For The Future?
The last thing you want to do is be unprepared for the future. When you do not have a plan in place, you cannot expect things to play out very well. Especially, when it comes to workers. Times have changed, and so have the work ethic and abilities of future workers.
Many companies have turned to technology for replacing many employed jobs. For example, self-check-out lanes at stores and movie rental boxes instead of stores. In bigger companies, there are machines and conveyer belts that to the manual work.
What Skills Will Be The Most Beneficial For the Future?
Where do you begin in training your workers for the upcoming years? With the unknown at stake, you may be confused about what skills your workers need to obtain. The best way to prepare your current workers for what is to come is to strengthen their foundational skills.
For Example:
● Have the abilities that it takes to work and thrive in a Digital Environment
● Be a Valuable Asset to your company by adding Value that exceeds the Automated
Systems
● Be Teachable and Adaptable to changes being made
There are many different categories that these skills can fall under. Cognitive skills, self-leadership skills, and interpersonal skills are all valuable to the jobs of the future. Foundational skills can carry you through the many changes that are ahead.
Change Is Difficult
Not everyone is open and willing to take on changes. It is a complex concept for many people to wrap their heads around. If you are not available to changes being made in your business, then your business may find someone who is. You want to accept changes being made and do your best to learn new techniques.
This way, you will be valuable to the company as the future creates more and more changes in the business world. Everyone has gotten a taste of these changes with the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Many companies who never thought they would go virtual have, and some have remained virtual as things open back up.
~ Written for us by our associate Gary Sorrell, Sorrell Associates, LLC. Copyright protected. All rights reserved
