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Boost your performance with in-demand skills in 2022 for less

Ben Crothers Ben Crothers • 10 January 2022

Right now is the perfect time to be think about - and book - the sort of skills training that you'll thank yourself for by the end of this year.

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What skills do you need to boost your performance?

Whether you're a manager or a marketing analyst, a consultant or a coder (or all 4!), there are probably a range of skills you'd like to improve in, to be even more awesome than you already are in your work. 

Given that a lot of the work we do is with others (one team, several teams, several clients, you name it), a lot of our own performance hinges on how well we work with others. So, a lot of the skills we often need to boost are the so-called soft skills, or team skills.

The most in-demand skills in today's work

According to research from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey, the most in-demand skills today are mostly about proactive learning and performing better in teams in complex and uncertain environments. McKinsey's research is more exhaustive; it has 56 skills (or deltas), classified into four broad categories (cognitive, digital, interpersonal, and self-leadership). The WEF highlight a top 10 set of skills, using similar categories (problem-solving, technology use and development, working with people, and self-management).

There are a bunch of skills that stand out in both:

  • Creativity, problem solving and innovation
  • Collaboration and empathy
  • Dealing with complexity
  • Facilitation and team culture

These are the sorts of skills that we all need to tackle today's challenges, be it anything from sorting out remote work and hybrid work, to large-scale business transformation, keeping a product competitive"¦ or even just working out how to work better together as a team.

Bright Pilots classes for today's in-demand skills

Here are some online classes you might like, which can help boost these skills:

Creativity, problem solving and innovation

Collaboration and empathy

Dealing with complexity

Facilitation and team culture

Invest in yourself for 50% less

Bright Pilots wants to help you master these skills and boost your performance, with our growing library of online classes. There are lots of different dates and times available, so you can always register now for a class in February or March.

As an added incentive for those who want to invest in themselves, we're offering 50% off any class

All you need to do is to use the discount code 2022 when you register.

Right now is the perfect time to be thinking about what skills you want to boost in 2022, which is why we're only offering this one 50% discount until 31 January 2022. So, take a look at the classes available, and think: what would December Me thank January Me for, when it comes to valuable in-demand skills training? 

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