LeaderU exists to close the skills gap by developing
principle-centered leaders with essential career skills.
The skills gap is real.
Organizations throughout the world are reporting an ever-increasing “soft skills” gap.
Recruiters are saying the workforce simply lacks the hard and soft skills needed to fill
the ever increasing number of high-skilled jobs today. Those jobs range from entry-level positions for
college graduates to leadership roles within an organization. Human resource leaders reported that the skills
gap grew 12% since last year (WES/FW). If there’s clearly a gap today, what will it look like in the future?
92%
of executives think American workers aren’t as
skilled as they need to be. (Adecco)
There’s compelling evidence.
Over the years, many efforts have been made in gathering research to reveal both the current skills gap and the growing chasm that organizations are seeing in the future.
45%
of employees will require significant up-skilling by 2022. (World Economic Forum)
70%
of team disengagement is linked to unprepared leadership. (Gallup)
75%
of those having hiring difficulty, believe there is a skills shortage among their applicants. (SHRM)
83%
of employers have had trouble recruiting in the past 12 months because of skills gap. (SHRM)
Top 10 Skills in 2020
Complex problem solving
Critical thinking
Creativity
People management
Coordinating with others
Emotional intelligence
Judgment and decision making
Service orientation
Negotiation
Cognitive flexibility
(World Economic Forum)
2022 skills Outlook
Analytical thinking and innovation
Active learning and learning strategies
Creativity, originality, and initiative
Technology design and programming
Critical thinking and analysis
Complex problem solving
Leadership and social influence
Emotional intelligence
Reasoning, problem solving, and ideation
Systems analysis and evaluation
(World Economic Forum)
The world is changing.
We live in the information age, and the trend is shifting in favor of more highly
skilled knowledge-workers. According to the 2018 Future of Jobs Report, 75 million jobs are expected to be
displaced by 2022 in 20 major economies. So what is causing the skills gap? Here are three key factors:
Acceleration in Technology
Continual developments in technology require unique skills that are necessary for most organizations (37%).
(WES/FW)
Unprepared Management
Fast growth leads to lack of talent capable of moving into management positions with leadership skills (31%).
(WES/FW)
Essential Skills Are Missing
Candidates are lacking identifiable hard and soft skills that stand out in a competitive job market (30%).
(WES/FW)
An inside-out approach.
Organizations and institutions are looking for ways to address the soft skills gap from the outside-in. LeaderU courses are based on timeless principles of effectiveness with an inside-out approach.
Outside-In
Society wants a quick fix to solve problems.
Leadership skills and techniques are important to develop, but real behavior change
to become a great leader is challenging. Stephen R. Covey (author of the 7 Habits o
f Highly Effective People) taught that “You simply can't think efficiency with
people. You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.” An outside-in
approach ignores the four human endowments that are essential to behavior change: self
awareness, conscience, independent will, and creative imagination.
Inside-Out
Rather than focus directly on the leadership skills and techniques that need to be improved, it is more effective to start by helping you reflect on your own character and paradigms. LeaderU will help you see leadership with a whole new perspective. In this process, you will identify your strengths and weaknesses, as well as the root cause for the actions you take. LeaderU instructors will help you adopt this same See-Do-Get model in preparing you to become a principle-centered leader in order to achieve lasting results.
The FranklinCovey advantage.
For over 30 years, FranklinCovey has trained leaders from the most respected organizations in the world, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and educational institutions.
300K
leaders in 17,000 work units of 1,100 organizations have been studied/interviewed.
60M
copies of bestselling books have been sold, including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®.
150+
countries throughout the world have organizations implementing courses from FranklinCovey.
80%
of Fortune 500 organizations have worked with FranklinCovey.
