Critical thinking and problem-solving top the list of skills that employers believe will grow in prominence in the next five years.
But newly emerging are skills in self-management such as active learning, resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility.
The key skills that are inherent to my personality and have been worked out during my entire experience are:
Critical thinking. Improvement can simply not happen without thinking differently, or at least in a different way than the status quo actors have already done.
Analytical thinking and Creativity. Those make you understand the landscape and drive possible options.
Complex problem solving. Without the first two elements, problem solving gets very tough and unfruitful.
Active learning. This one keep feeding the first three elements with new avenues and perspectives.
Technology use. Because technology is taking over.
Stress tolerance. I had to deal with Military customer for their elite squadron, in a war time.
Working with people. Building decent relationships with people around you so you can focus on achievements rather than fire fighting and doing office politics.
Closing deals. Without negotiation, things get stuck. We can't agree on audit findings for a report release. We can't agree on a final version of a contract to be submitted to the CEO sign off for execution...
Last but probably the most important to say the least, Integrity. Without Integrity and loyalty, the eight first elements could implode your business as Warren Buffet says it perfectly in his words: