{if profile.vars.event_registration_completed != 'new_member_meetup' && profile.vars.safe_space_subscription_status == 'active' && (time("now") > profile.vars.onboarding_complete_time) && (time("now") < profile.vars.onboarding_complete_time + 604800)}
It looks like you're new to Safe Space. If you haven't yet, make sure to sign up for our New Member Meetup. It’s the best way to find your people, say hello, and get the support you need right from the start.
|
|
|
{/if}
Hiii,
Happy Wednesday! It’s still…way too cold for my liking, so I’m currently daydreaming about warm weather and a beach, and letting that manifestation guide me for the rest of the week. I wish I had a funny joke to make about it right now, but I don't! 😅
This week: skills are evolving every 18 months but training cycles are stuck in 2015, almost none of Gen Z wants to be a senior leader (can't blame them), and 60% of them are ditching corporate jobs for the trades because at least those can't be automated by AI…RIGHT???
Grab your coffee and let's dive in. | |
|
{if profile.vars.safe_space_user_fitness == true}
✨ Don't forget: You can always vent, celebrate a win, or find support in Safe Space | |
|
{/if}{if !profile.vars.safe_space_user_fitness && profile.vars.safe_space_user_fitness != false}
✨ Don't forget: You can always vent, celebrate a win, or find support in Safe Space |
|
|
{/if}{if profile.vars.safe_space_user_fitness == false}
Was this email forwarded to you? |
|
|
{/if}
😳 Skills are evolving too quickly for current training cycles, report says
The TL;DR: IT workers' core responsibilities are shifting every 18 months, but most companies still treat learning like a periodic benefit instead of an operational necessity, creating massive skills gaps that slow down execution and innovation. Training programs across industries keep getting deprioritized even as it becomes harder to find workers with the right skills, and 73% of workers say training would make them stay longer while 35% would leave if training opportunities don't exist.
My POV: This is the part where I remind everyone that treating learning like an optional perk instead of a critical business function is kinda how you end up with a workforce that can't keep up with the pace of change! If your employees' core responsibilities are changing every 18 months but your training cycles happen annually (or never), you're basically setting people up to fail and then blaming them for not having the skills they were never given the chance to learn.
Learning needs to be an operational discipline before you start actively hemorrhaging talent!
|
“The most important thing that everybody needs to do for the next few years is be able to unlearn.” |
On the mic this week: Ciara Lakhani is the Group Chief People & Culture Officer at Element Logic, a global tech company automating warehouse operations. She’s held global HR roles at GE and led People through hypergrowth at Compass (from 84 to over 400 employees) ahead of its IPO. Ciara is known for her sharp, honest perspective on culture at scale, and why “everyone should be a manager” is a scam.
Pin this: -
Leadership is increasingly seen as a trade: more visibility + more responsibility + more emotional labor…with way more downside than people admit.
- Succession planning is about to get spicy if fewer people want senior leadership roles! It boils down to a job design issue.
-
Motivation isn’t one-size-fits-all. Exec teams routinely project their own drivers onto everyone else and then act surprised when it doesn’t work.
- The leadership skill of the next era is adaptability + unlearning, because saying “this is how we’ve always done it” is becoming a career-limiting move.
My H*ly Sh*t Moment: People deff aren’t less ambitious than they were in the past. They’re just done trading their identity and nervous system for a title that doesn’t even come with the respect it should.
▶️ Press Play
|
📊 Data Is My Love Language: |
Stat: 60% of Gen Zers say they will pursue skilled trade work this year
My spiral: The wildest part about this stat is that less than 40% were interested just last year! That's a massive shift in under 12 months! What's driving it is the fear that their white-collar degrees won't protect them from AI, combined with watching trade workers make solid money without the debt. For HR, this means your talent pipelines could look a bit different, and if you're still recruiting like everyone wants a corporate job with a desk and benefits, you're already behind. |
|
|
We all have that moment where we realize we're showing up differently than we used to. Maybe we're just going through the motions, or maybe we're staying because it's comfortable even though it stopped challenging us a year ago. It's so easy to rationalize why we're still there, but at some point, you have to be honest with yourself about whether you're growing or just existing.
“How do you know when you've stayed too long in a role that no longer fits?” |
|
|
New hires see things we've become completely blind to! Their perspective is gold, but only if you actually ask for it before they get assimilated into "how things are done here." “Ask a new hire: ‘What surprised you most about how we work?”’ |
|
|
👂 OVERHEARD IN SAFE SPACE |
Comp planning season is emotionally exhausting just thinking about it, no matter how many times you go through it!
Read what members had to say here.
|
|
|
I hope you enjoyed this, please let me know what you think and what other topics you'd love for me to cover. I'm allll ears. Reminder: Take care of yourself and know that I support you. |
|
|
{if !profile.vars.safe_space_user_fitness && profile.vars.safe_space_user_fitness != false}
Join 9,787 other HR and People leaders in Safe Space |
|
|
{/if}{if profile.vars.safe_space_user_fitness == true}
The conversation doesn't have to stop here
Keep learning and connecting in Safe Space |
|
|
{/if}Get your brand in front of 168,000+ HR and people operations leaders. |
Workweek Media Inc.
1023 Springdale Road, STE 9E
Austin, TX 78721
Want to ruin my day? Unsubscribe. |
|
|
|
