We live in the information age, and the trend is shifting in favor of more highly skilled knowledge-workers. According to the 2018 Future of Jobs Report, 75 million jobs are expected to be displaced by 2022 in 20 major economies. So what is causing the skills gap? Here are three key factors:
Continual developments in technology require unique skills that are necessary for most organizations (37%). (WES/FW)
Fast growth leads to lack of talent capable of moving into management positions with leadership skills (31%). (WES/FW)
Candidates are lacking identifiable hard and soft skills that stand out in a competitive job market (30%). (WES/FW)
For years, industry experts say the career readiness gap has existed and they expect it to increase.
Recruiters are saying the workforce simply lacks the hard and soft skills needed to fill the ever increasing number of high-skilled jobs today. Those jobs range from entry-level positions for college graduates to leadership roles within an organization. Human resource leaders reported that the skills gap grew 12% since last year (WES/FW). If there’s clearly a gap today, what will it look like in the future?
Over the years, many efforts have been made in gathering research to reveal both the current skills gap and the growing chasm that organizations are seeing in the future.
300K
leaders in 17,000 work units of 1,100 organizations have been studied/ interviewed.
60M
copies of bestselling books have been sold, including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®.
150+
countries throughout the world have organizations implementing courses from FranklinCovey.
80%
of Fortune 500 organizations have worked with FranklinCovey.
Organizations and institutions are looking for ways to address the soft skills gap from the outside-in. LeaderU courses are based on timeless principles of effectiveness with an inside-out approach.
Society wants a quick fix to solve problems. Leadership skills and techniques are important to develop, but real behavior change to become a great leader is challenging. Stephen R. Covey (author of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) taught that “You simply can't think efficiency with people. You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.” An outside-in approach ignores the four human endowments that are essential to behavior change: self awareness, conscience, independent will, and creative imagination.
Rather than focus directly on the leadership skills and techniques that need to be improved, it is more effective to start by helping you reflect on your own character and paradigms. LeaderU will help you see leadership with a whole new perspective. In this process, you will identify your strengths and weaknesses, as well as the root cause for the actions you take. LeaderU instructors will help you adopt this same See-Do-Get model in preparing you to become a principle-centered leader in order to achieve lasting results.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity
Project Management
Speed of Trust
4 Disciplines of Execution
Writing Advantage
Presentation Advantage
4 Essential Roles of Leadership
Leadership
Critical Thinking
Equity & Inclusion
Technology
Teamwork
Communication
Career & Self-Development
Professionalism
The LeaderU resource library includes:
Video-Based Lessons
Webinar Lectures
Student Resources
Instructor Resources
Discussion Guides
Course Overviews and Outlines
Case Studies
Assignments
Quizzes/Exams
Students can earn a leadership certificate that verifies the career skills they have learned to help them stand out in the job market. You can use FranklinCovey certificates or co-brand with your college or university name. The LeaderU certification process provides your students with options for proctored exams, and issues certification based on a passing score, and posts verifiable credentials online.