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Adam Grant: The key trait future leaders need to succeed - and rethinking the classic workday

2025/2/28
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我观察到,许多组织只关注员工的个人业绩,而忽略了他们提升他人的能力。我认为,未来领导力的关键在于提升他人,而大多数组织既不知道如何衡量这种能力,也不知道如何培养这种能力。 在当今快速变化的世界中,敏捷性比能力更重要。领导者需要能够预测、适应和引领变革,而这需要强大的软技能。传统的最佳实践已经过时,组织需要打破陈规,创造新的实践。 软技能,例如团队合作、分析和创造力,长期以来被低估。我们需要重新定义软技能,将其视为“人类技能”或“关键技能”,并优先培养这些技能。 为了培养软技能,我们可以重新思考工作方式。例如,我们可以减少不必要的会议,改用更有效的沟通方式,例如脑力激荡。我们还可以重新设计面试流程,让候选人有机会展示他们的软技能。 晋升应该基于对他人工作的影响,而不是基于自信。我们需要衡量员工如何提升他人,并奖励那些能够促进团队成功的员工。 我们可以通过角色扮演、模拟练习等方式来培养软技能。AI工具可以帮助人们练习处理棘手对话和冲突。 组织需要找到衡量软技能的方法,例如关注员工对他人专利申请的贡献。 未来的工作将更像零工经济,员工需要主动塑造自己的工作,并灵活运用自己的技能。领导者应该鼓励员工进行工作设计,并关注员工之间的互动,而不是仅仅关注任务。 未来的成功将属于那些能够连接不同领域的人,而不是事实收集者。 我建议领导者多提问题,少做陈述,并创造一个更聪明的团队环境。

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Adam Grant assesses workplaces' performance in nurturing soft skills, highlighting the frequent focus on individual results over collaborative efforts. He discusses the historical undervaluing of soft skills, their importance in a changing work environment, and the need for organizations to invest in developing these skills.
  • Organizations primarily measure individual results, neglecting the importance of individuals who elevate others.
  • Soft skills are often undervalued, stemming from the term's origin and negative connotation.
  • Agility is becoming more valuable than ability in the dynamic work environment.

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Big shifts must happen to ready teams for a work future that requires agile thinking and new forms of collaboration. Organizational psychologist, best-selling author and Wharton professor Adam Grant shares research-backed strategies that help develop leaders and work relationships across an organization as well as help teams practice critical soft skills like analysis and creativity that are often overlooked and undervalued. He explains why future workers will need to become “job crafters,” and the one trait leaders won’t be able to work without. He’ll also share what a college job as a magician taught him about engaging skeptics (and prompting critical thinking) and why he swears by keeping a “To-Don’t” list. This interview was recorded in January 2025 at the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland   About this episode: -Adam grant: YouTube: Podcast: -Future of Jobs Report: Related Podcasts: -How leaders can prepare teams for the future of work: ADP’s Chief Economist: -Upskilling, tapping human talents, and what's really needed for the future of work: Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar: