The HR Odyssey; Navigating the Evolving Skills Landscape

Greetings from the HR Odyssey again! We are embarking on a journey to investigate the challenges associated with putting Learning and Development (L&D) programmes into practice in the dynamic environment of today's workplaces. Although having a team that is both competent and flexible is crucial, HR managers frequently encounter several obstacles when trying to create and implement L&D programmes that have a significant impact. 1. The Need for Reskilling AI is changing industries quickly, ne cessitating the development of whole new skill sets while making old skill types obsolete. According to a 2020 McKinsey Global Institute estimate, automation may cause up to 800 million jobs to go obsolete by 2030 (James Manyika et al., 2020). To guarantee that they stay relevant, this calls for an emphasis on reskilling and upskilling employees. For example, IBM started its "New Collar Jobs initiative" in reaction to automation, offering the members training paths to move int...

In the face of automation, Artificial Intelligence, and a corporate environment that is evolving faster than ever, life-span of a business depends greatly on a workforce that is adaptable. However this alone is insufficient. To successfully complete a voyage, crew members and the captain both must be skilful! In today's Article, The HR Odyssey intends to venture deep in to the question of "how to train a leader who is imaginative, flexible, and adept at handling uncertainties?" The Changing role of the Leader in the automated work environment Emergence of AI demands a change in the priorities of leadership. While AI is excellent at automation and data analysis, human leaders are still required to sail the ship by using AI's skills, encouraging innovation, and assembling capable teams (Manyika et al., 2017). Additionally, leaders must negotiate a dynamic external environment. For instance, the COVID-19 pandemic required the use of crisis management techniques, remote...

Job Dissatisfaction and how it leads to Burnout Ever looked at an extravagant convenience provided by your company and thought they could have done something better with all that money?! It could be a high cost high budget upgrade in interior or an outing at a seven star luxury hotel that none of your teammates wanted. The reason for your dissatisfaction with the management’s decision to do the above does not stem from your dislike towards what they have done, rather it stems from the dissatisfaction with the management’s decision to prioritize such decisions over looking into the mundane problems of the employees that arise when they perform their day to day activities. In terms of frederick herzberg’s dual-factor, motivation-hygiene theory what motivates us versus what basic needs must be met in order to maintain job satisfaction. Herzberg found that satisfaction and dissatisfaction are not on a continuum with one increasing as the other diminishes but are instead independent of each...

In today’s the fast-paced corporate environment, change is inevitable. What is in demand on Today’s market would not be in demand tomorrow. In reaction to changes in the market, organisations construct and renovate their current strategies. These changes frequently yield poor outcomes. One the other hand, more technology than ever before is available to the world today. Technical advancements are happening more quickly than before. The combination of connectivity, data processing, and software advancements allows companies to increase performance, obtain a competitive edge, and create new ventures from diverse industries. Information technology use in businesses is currently changing from a supporting to a more strategically focused function (ResearchGate, n.d.). Businesses that are adept at adjusting to these changes not only endure but also prosper! Change management is a methodical technique that minimizes disturbance and maximises adaption when guiding teams through organizational...

The need for Diversity Training In today’s corporate context most companies look for talent beyond the boundaries of countries. Therefore it is not surprising that modern day teams consists of employees belonging to different ethnicities, cultures, generations, languages, religions, and sexual orientations. These people who come from very diverse and different backgrounds must cohabit in the same workplace either physically or remotely. This need has lead to increased scholarly discussions on managing diversity within workplaces. (Georgiadou, Gonzalez-Perez, & Olivas-Lujan 2019). During the early stages of globalization and technological advancement, diversity within the workplace was evident through the unfair treatment towards the certain minorities within the team. For instance, if there is a Non-Christian employee in a company based on a mostly Christian country, he would be granted a paid holiday on Christmas day along with the other employees. However any important Holidays ...