Let us compare the reality today vis-à-vis education. Millions of post graduates and PhDs find their worth de-valued even before they get their first interview call. While this is no reflection on their abilities, it is a simple supply-and-demand equation skewed towards an excessive supply. The traditional employment models have vanished. Graduates now have to work harder to complement their core qualifications.

Next let us look at where is the demand coming from and why. Oversupply is forcing job requirements and functional roles to extend – often overlap. A middle-level executive now has to be polished in presentation style and other “personality goodies”. Globalization has resulted in organization-client relationships to exist beyond national or continental boundaries. Organizations that are unable to speak the client’s business language or unable to understand the client’s cultural sensitivities live in a lonely world.

And another important demand being placed on individual employees or organizations as a whole is agility. Employees need to think and react fast. Organizations need to be nimble when reacting to economic or strategic challenges.

Soft Skills Coordinates recognizes such demands on the ‘global’ employee. It has designed its personality development curriculum with emphasis on substance and style. And the training principles are based on what works in the real world.  

Stay tuned for the next post on what represents personality.