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Power skills represent the evolution of traditional soft skills, those skills inherent to human beings, which help us make better decisions, be more flexible and creative, communicate better with our environment and be able to deal with problems more effectively. Traditionally, organisations’ hiring practices have focused on evaluating candidates based on hard skills—technical abilities or specific knowledge needed for a role. While technical skills are undeniably important, there is a growing shift towards prioritising power skills in hiring. As more and more job activities become automated, soft skills such as empathy, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, adaptability, integrity, optimism, self-motivation, grit, and resilience, which cannot yet be replicated by machines, have become more crucial success factors. Power skills enable organizations, their leaders and managers, and even those in non-leadership positions, to thrive. Many businesses fail, not because they lack the infrastructure or technology, but due to a downfall resulting from their low prioritization of these essential skills that power the economy. Compliance and technical training on using the updated software system that just rolled in is important. But equally essential is the time leaders and managers take to develop their power skills and invest in upskilling their teams to do the same. The greatest power in the business world is not facts, figures, systems, and processes, but the people behind them who leverage their power skills. Sign up to the ht+a Power Skills Academy today.