What will it take to navigate workforce changes in 2025?
Economic uncertainty and technological advancements are driving organizations to rethink strategies for attracting, developing, and retaining talent. People leaders must navigate complex challenges like increasing employee mobility, enabling AI-powered ways of working, and addressing shifting expectations fueled by generational workforce differences. From preparing the next generation of leaders to fostering a culture that embraces clarity, transparency, and adaptability, the road ahead demands a proactive, human-centered approach.
The experts in this EXLEARN Talks episode discuss the critical role leaders play in engaging and retaining talent, emphasizing the importance of providing clarity around expectations and robust leadership development programs. They also explore how to reframe AI as a creative tool rather than a threat and how fostering a culture of experimentation can help teams embrace the learning curve of new technologies. They provide insight on the following questions:
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- 8:37: What’s your unique point of view on establishing organizational strategy or a common misunderstanding when it comes to strategy?
- 10:05: What’s the importance of clarity and transparency?
- 15:15: How can organizations prepare the next generation of leaders differently than traditional methods?
- 18:36: How can leaders prepare for new technologies and their impact on employee experience?
- 29:36: What types of roles might we expect to increase in 2025?
- 35:02: How can leaders align people to jobs and skills to people amid growing generational differences?
- 38:25: What does building a skills-based employee environment look like?
- 44:20: What can organizations start doing today to equip employees with the skills needed for the future?
- 51:02: How can organizations and leaders shift from showcasing perfection to embracing authenticity?
Highlights from the Panelists:
“I also like to shift the paradigm to think about the celebration of all that is human. Is there the opportunity space to be viewing [technology] as What increases my potential as a human?...We have an opportunity to be proactive with how we want to bring the human element in bringing AI to life through lots of areas of our work…that’s where there’s a lack of clarity. We have to have this openness to knowing that [technology] is going to constantly learn alongside us. I think that’s a unique mindset to start embracing.”
– Katie Frey, President and COO, TiER1 Performance
“When technology is positioned as technology and not as a creative tool, people are afraid and hesitant and don’t see themselves in that story. My biggest goal is to remove that limiting belief, give them something small to start with, and help them push past the discomfort of it not working quite right at the beginning… Our history and experience and battles scars with technology is one of the important things to tackle (the phycology of it).”
– Stephanie Roberto, Sr. Solutions Consultant, TiER1 Performance
“Managers and leaders play a pivotal role in not only engaging their employees but also retaining them… I think it starts with clarity around expectations of managers and leaders and then designing a program to really foster that type of manager and leader development.”
– Shawn Del Duco, Principal Owner, Hark! Consulting
A Visual Capture of the Discussion:
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