Survival skill #4
from The Global Achievement Gap by Tony Wagner
The Fourth Survival Skill: Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
Employees can ge good problem solvers and team players, and they can be agile and adapt to new surroundings and ideas, but I learned that mastery of these survival skills is not enough in many companies = and likewise in many communities that face new challenges requiring proactive leadership. In the interviews I conducted, I heard a strong and consistent concern about the ways in which today’s workers (and citizens) use or apply these survival skills: Leaders today want to see individuals take more initiative and even be entrepreneurial in terms of the ways they seek out new opportunities, ideas, and strategies for improvement.
How often do we give students the opportunity to show the initiative that they will be expected to demonstrate in the workplace?
