Power Skills: Present Skills for the Future.
22 de September de 2022
22 de September de 2022
Empathy, resilience, listening, communicating clearly… Do you cultivate these skills every day? To what extent? In the turmoil of this world, often irreverent and always eminent, academic degrees are no longer all that matters. Getting a job thanks to what you cultivated with your studies is no longer possible or, at least, your diplomas won’t get you there on their own. Nowadays, companies go further. They used to focus on Soft Skills developed through academic education but, now, the focus has shifted to Power Skills.
The concept was coined by the president of Dartmouth College, Philip Hanlon, and it refers to those skills that make up the foundations and priorities of personal and professional talent — the social abilities that constitute your person in the working environment.
The Power Skills that define you indicate your total commitment to permanently develop abilities, both for your capacity to connect with others and for leading and being led. Are you a good team worker? Do you have communicative skills? Do you help create a good environment?
Companies today look for Power Skills, key for a good work performance and adaptable to new models, such as hybrid work. The question is: Can these skills be trained?
And the answer is YES. Aixa Matas —Project Manager at HCS SFAI— tells us how to develop and boost these skills. From her point of view, the goal is to turn your present skills into future strengths.
Boost Power Skills in 5 Steps
Now, which Power Skills are fundamental? Here’s a little list with those you must definitely have:
Which Power Skills You Must Have?
If working on them on your own becomes a hard task, don’t worry, there are many courses, seminaires, podcasts, lectures and endless mechanisms to boost your Power Skills. Mentoring and coaching programmes are on the rise. Maybe it’s your chance. What are you waiting for?
Technical knowledge is increasingly easy to acquire. The development of Power Skills becomes increasingly urgent. Self-management, listening and the capacity for dialogue bring real value to your work. The skills of the future are not technical, but behavioural.