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Riding the Change Wave. How Rapid Change is Impacting the 21 st Century Worker GinaMaria Jerome The Corporation Communication Coach. So Who Are You?. And why are you talking to us?. The Impact of Change on Technology. Information is doubling every 2 years - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Riding the Riding the Change WaveChange Wave
How Rapid Change is Impacting How Rapid Change is Impacting the 21the 21stst Century Worker Century Worker
GinaMaria JeromeGinaMaria Jerome
The Corporation Communication CoachThe Corporation Communication Coach
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So Who Are You?So Who Are You?
And why are you talking to us?And why are you talking to us?
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The Impact of Change on Technology
Information is doubling every 2 years
To reach an audience of 50 million: Radio: 38 yearsTV: 13 yearsInternet: 4 yearsiPOD: 3 yearsFacebook: 2 years
Video: Did You Know
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The Impact of Technology
Google searches in 2006: 2.7 billion a monthGoogle searches in 2009: 31 billion a month
Total number of text messages sent each day exceeds the population of the planet
165 billion emails are sent each day
Video: Did You Know, CBS.com
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The Impact of Change on Technology
1984 there were 1000 internet devices2008 there were over 1,000,000,000
2/3 of workers access a social networking site... while on the job
From 2008 to 2009, number of hiring managers using social networking websites to screen job applicants jumped from 22% to 45%
52 million Americans have used the Internet to search for a job (2007)Video: Did You Know, Career Builder.com, Pew Study
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The Impact of Change on Technology
There are over 4.6 billion cell phone subscribers
1 in 4 households have no landline, only cell service
Over 9 million iPhones sold in Q1 2010Over 8.25 million iPADs by Q3
By 2011, 1 in 2 Americans will have a smart phone
Did You Know, CBS.com, NPR, and Fortune
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The Impact to the Workplace
1 in 4 workers has been at their current job less than 1 year
1 in 2 has been at their job more than 5 years
People in high school today will probably have 10-14 jobs... before the age of 38
Top Ten in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004
Video: Did You Know
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The Impact to the Workplace
SHRM Commissioned Study
* Going global* More contingent workers* Greater fluctuations – more automations* Strong focus on soft skills* More diversity
“…survey respondents expect employees to work longer hours, retire at an older age, and experience greater personal and family stress due to work…. unsurprising, 57% of respondents expect there to be less loyalty to the organisation, while only 20% anticipate greater loyalty.”
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And yet....
Change is everywhere....
Fear of change is rampant...
So how do we create sustainability?
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Three Ways to Start
Adaptability
Transference
Emotional Elements
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Adaptability
Agile learning:What have I learned since yesterday? What am I working on today? What obstacles are in front of me?
Soft skills:Communication Interpersonal relationshipsProject managementProblem solvingDiversity
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Transference
Transferable skillsSoft skillsLeadership OrganizationConflict Management (especially between permanent and contingent workers)Research capabilityDay to day
Technological Skills“Successful global companies will use technology to interconnect large workforces smartly.”
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Emotional Elements
Emotion vs. Rationalization
Motivational keys to change:Carrot and StickEnvironmentalLanguage
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Questions?
GinaMaria JeromeGinaMaria Jerome
The Corporate Communication CoachThe Corporate Communication Coach
9802 Baymeadows Road9802 Baymeadows Road
Suite 12 Box 164Suite 12 Box 164
Jacksonville, FL 32256Jacksonville, FL 32256
904.564.9070904.564.9070
[email protected]@corporatecommunicationcoach.com
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