On what “soft skills*” will Executives need to rely on in order to maintain their employability?
Interview with Jean-Pierre Scandella, Managing Partner at ARROWMAN Executive Search
Interview by Olivier Durand
Jobs of the future do not exist yet, 50% of them will be transformed within 10 years, 10 to 20% will be created and, and the same amount will probably disappear.
On what “soft skills*” will Executives need to rely on in order to maintain their employability?
“We are currently experiencing a job revolution. Even though no one can distinctly predict the future, certain strong tendencies are observed in terms of competences to acquire and know-how to adopt. Global transformation, the multiplication of information flows and the simultaneous management of a multitude of projects, are factors that oblige Managers to have a critical mindset, making them break with their traditions and putting them in a position to advance and discriminate with refined judgement in order to deal with current events and not against them. Furthermore, the economic conditions now impose the need for new growth levers (in every sector: industry, luxury, distribution…), forcing everyone to work in a transversal and collaborative way; working in multidisciplinary teams is the leitmotiv. Finally, Managers must be creative and innovative, because it is possible to do more with less, companies now ask us to find “intra preneurs”. We can now say that creativity outweighs technical competences.”