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Hard and Soft Skills are Needed in 2024

In the current job market, talent stands out. There are frequent reports of large-scale layoffs due to people lacking skills another person or AI has. More than half of LinkedIn members hold jobs that stand to be disrupted or augmented by AI. According to The 2024 Most In-Demand Skills, LinkedIn VP Aneesh Raman suggests that people skills are going to come more to the center of individual career growth, people-to-people collaboration will be needed to see company growth and leaders need to be able to  communicate clearly, compassionately, and empathetically with their teams.

Fear is a Common Motivational Tool, But Does It Work?

People are motivated in different ways.  A surprising, recent survey conducted by Love Leadership and First & First Consulting that fear is the primary motivator for a third of corporate leaders.  The problem is that organizations focused on fear are less efficient and psychologically unsafe work environments. This fear-driven leadership costs nearly $36 billion annually in lost productivity, with fear-based leaders losing an estimated 10 hours a week, equating to about $29,000 per leader per year. The survey included responses from over 2,000 managers aged 24 to 54 in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, working at companies with 500 or more employees.

Working Virtually: Determining Style Virtually

How to Determine Someone’s Style When You Work With Them Virtually  “People can practice SOCIAL STYLE® concepts even when they work remotely. In fact, the remote working we’ve all been encouraged to do now has given us a new window into things we perhaps didn’t see with the people that we were working with before.”  – Lisa Jones, Senior Instructional… Read More

What are the Key Skills for the Future?

What skills do organizations really need in the employees?  According to World Economic Forum, the most important skills are changing.  Their article, Future of Jobs 2023: These are the most in-demand skills now – and beyond, predicts that 44% of workers will face disruption of their core skills from now to 2027 due to the advancement of technology outpacing training programs. 

How Agile is Your L&D?

Companies face challenges everyday in gauging employee effectiveness, particularly in the context of new hybrid and remote-working models prompted by the pandemic. According to McKinsey research, data indicates that employee disengagement and attrition could cost a median-size S&P 500 company between $228 million and $355 million annually, emphasizing the need for a more segmented approach to address varying employee experiences. In “Some employees are destroying value. Others are building it. Do you know the difference?,” Aaron De Smet, Marino Mugayar-Baldocchi, Angelika Reich, and Bill Schaninger discuss research identifying six distinct employee groups, ranging from highly dissatisfied and disengaged to thriving stars. 

How does SOCIAL STYLE Improve Communication?

SOCIAL STYLE improves communication because we learn about personal behavioral preferences and stressors, the root of all comfortable and challenging relationships. Have you ever thought about why communication with some people tends to be easier than others? It likely has more to do with you than it does with them. When we experience behaviors and communication that align with our needs and preferences, we are more comfortable. When we experience behaviors and communication that don’t align with our needs and preferences, we experience stress. We tend to have better communication with people who meet our needs and we are more comfortable with.

What is SOCIAL STYLE®?

Grounded in more than  60 years of research and applied use, SOCIAL STYLE is a behavioral model and learning & development experience that helps individuals, teams and organizations communicate and collaborate with greater effectiveness. It teaches learners about behavior, human needs & stressors. It teaches how people can be Versatile communicators with others to achieve more together. Versatility is a predictor of success.

A Good Employee Versus a Bad One: How to spot the difference

Companies face challenges everyday in gauging employee effectiveness, particularly in the context of new hybrid and remote-working models prompted by the pandemic. According to McKinsey research, data indicates that employee disengagement and attrition could cost a median-size S&P 500 company between $228 million and $355 million annually, emphasizing the need for a more segmented approach to address varying employee experiences. In “Some employees are destroying value. Others are building it. Do you know the difference?,” Aaron De Smet, Marino Mugayar-Baldocchi, Angelika Reich, and Bill Schaninger discuss research identifying six distinct employee groups, ranging from highly dissatisfied and disengaged to thriving stars. 

Will 2024 be the Year of Soft Skills?

Bloomberg, Gallup, Manpower and other organizations that study the hiring market have been highlighting the growing importance of soft skills in recent years.  They tell us that soft skills such as communications, empathy and resilience are both highly valued and increasingly difficult to find.  This is especially true among junior and mid-level employees. 

TRACOM Recognized as 2023 Top 20 Assessment and Evaluation Company

We are proud to announce TRACOM has been selected as a 2023 Top 20 Assessment and Evaluation Company by Training Industry. This is the sixth consecutive year that TRACOM has made the list and we greatly appreciate the recognition and support from Training Industry. We are honored to be included on this list of 20 of the best providers of assessments and evaluations.

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