Most managers agree that the digital age will bring benefits — but they fear that neither they nor their people are ready. They are right to be worried. One in three jobs is likely to be severely disrupted or to disappear in the next decade because of technological change. In the face of these rising challenges, the only option is upskilling, giving people the opportunity to gain the knowledge, tools, and abilities they need to use and understand advanced and ever-changing technologies in the workplace and their daily lives. Some of this learning takes place in classrooms, but most of it is carried out through self-paced multimedia and simulation game modules, or through projects in which t
We tend to think of burnout as an individual problem, but the responsibility for managing it has shifted away from the individual and towards the organization. Leaders take note: It’s now on you to build a burnout strategy. According to the foremost expert on burnout, Christina Maslach, we are attacking the problem from the wrong angle. “Categorizing burnout as a disease means ‘Hey we’ve got to treat that person.’ ‘You can’t work here because you’re the problem.’ ‘We have to get rid of that person.’ Then, it becomes that person’s problem, not the responsibility of the organization that employs them.” A survey of 7,500 full-time employees by Gallup clearly demonstrates that the root causes of
Mentoring programs alone won’t sufficiently engage or develop your junior talent, especially if your culture doesn’t encourage mentoring on a regular basis. What your company needs instead are mentors-of-the-moment. Mentors-of-the-moment help to promote a mentoring culture where all members of the organization — especially those in the middle to upper ranks — seek opportunities in daily interactions to develop or grow junior colleagues and peers. Even relatively brief interactions can lead to increasingly transformative developmental relationships. It is little wonder that most employees prefer organic or informal mentorships to those that feel forced or arbitrarily assigned. Mentors-of-the-
