Future Skills 2030: Why modern leadership must be experienced, not learned
The new data from the Future of Jobs Report 2025 shows it more clearly than ever: the most important skills of the future are human skills – not tools, not systems, not technologies. Leadership, social influence, self-management, resilience, empathy and analytical thinking are among the top future skills of 2030. But it is precisely these skills that cannot be developed in a traditional seminar room. They only emerge when people experience leadership in real life – under pressure, in new situations, in interaction with others.
This is exactly where our leadership simulations come in. They create a realistic experiential space in which managers have to make decisions, resolve conflicts, steer teams through uncertainties and process complex information at the same time. What often takes months or remains invisible in day-to-day work becomes visible, reflectable and can be developed further in just a few hours in the simulation. Future skills can thus be experienced, measured and trained.
Leadership in transformation – when change becomes tangible
Real transformation can only succeed if it is supported by leadership. Our “Leadership in transformation” simulation brings change to life: managers apply change tools in practice, reflect on their behavior and develop the skills they need to successfully shape change.
Strametz receives 5-star award: Human leadership in the AI era
At the BIG BANG AI Festival 2025 in Berlin, Strametz was awarded the “5-star recommendation from verified customers” – a recognition of our pioneering work in leadership development. But what does this award mean at a time when artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the world of work?
How much can a person change?
What are the prerequisites for change? 6 tips on how to encourage your employees to change and support them.
Self-efficacy – the royal road to success?
Which characteristics and skills in your employees ensure an above-average contribution to the company? The trend topic of self-efficacy has received special attention in recent years. But is self-efficacy really the royal road to success?
What is the value of the sense?
Corporate Purpose – a key HR trend that not only reflects a company’s “soft facts” but also delivers economic added value, as Kienbaum and Human Unlimited can demonstrate in their latest study. Changing value frameworks lead to an increasing understanding of organizations as part of society, which in turn leads to the greater importance of developing a corporate purpose (CP). What is meant here is the raison d’être of an organization – beyond profit-making. Companies “should create environmental and social value.”
Study of the month: May
Hays, in cooperation with IBE, surveyed approximately 1000 corporate decision-makers from various companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in an empirical study for this year’s HR Report. The HR Report, published in January 2020, focuses on lifelong learning and also looks at current HR trends.
Conclusion: Lifelong learning has a high priority in the company.
How authentic can I be in the professional setting?
In a professional context, authenticity is a success factor: new employees should contribute to the team with their entire personality, and employees want their managers to behave in a credible manner.
We also talk a lot about this phenomenon in our Strametz seminars and trainings. Young recruits in particular are always asking us…
Study of the month: March
A team from Harvard Business School and the BCG Henderson Institute surveyed more than 11,000 employees and 6,500 top managers on employees’ willingness to change.
Conclusion: Employees were much more interested in acquiring new skills than employers thought they would be. The study shows that employees are adaptable and optimistic about the future.
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Learning today
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) are the buzzwords that characterize our time today. The rapid development of complex technologies and markets has created an environment that is bringing about profound changes in a wide range of areas. Companies and people have to adapt and permanently learn anew. Questioning the old, evaluating the existing and creating the new.