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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

Updated skills are the currency for future-proofing your career. Reskilling refers to learning new skills for a job switch or career pivot. Skills analysis results: Prior to the pandemic, creativity was considered the most important power skill via LinkedIn’s January 2020 rankings. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO).

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business Review

And sameness blocks performance and innovation. Diversity, on the other hand, spurs innovation. In research spanning decades, Columbia professor Katherine Phillips has repeatedly found that, when tasked to innovate, teams that include diverse members and that value the contributions of all their members outperform homogenous teams.

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The Rise of the Not-So-Experienced CEO

Harvard Business Review

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

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