The document discusses the transformative impact of technology on the workforce, predicting that 40% of jobs will disappear in the next decade, including professions like law and medicine. It highlights the need for individuals to take responsibility for their own development through mentoring and independent learning as traditional educational models become less relevant. Lastly, it emphasizes the critical role of managers and leaders in supporting on-the-job learning and fostering a collaborative work environment amidst these changes.

1. Mentoring and Leading Edge Learning
Ann Rolfe, Mentoring Works
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2. “Every act of creation is first of all an
act of destruction” Pablo Picasso
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3. Hopefully, the “rise of the machine” will not end the
world in the way movies like the Terminator depict,
but the world of work as we know it is being destroyed
and recreated.
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4. We’re used to serving ourselves at the petrol
pump and the supermarket check out.
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5. We love the
ATM that
dispenses cash
when we still
need it and
the online
banking and
pay wave
cards that
mean that we
seldom do.
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6. Robots
work the
assembly
line and
their
delicate
surgery
delivers
high quality
results
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7. and the sooner auto-pilots transition from
aeroplanes to automobiles the safer we’ll be
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8. Until now, perhaps we thought it would be
“them” not us, caught in the job revolution
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9. but the waves of change will touch us all,
young, old, well educated and less so.
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10. 40% of jobs are predicted to
disappear in the next decade or so.
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11. Amongst them lawyers,
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13. 50% of young Australians are being
educated for dying jobs and 28% arrive
unprepared for the workplace
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14. At the same time that graduate unemployment is the
highest is been since the global financial crisis, some
large employers are doing away with the requirement
that recruits have degrees
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15. As we live longer and work longer, for the first
time ever, 5 generations - from 20 somethings
to octogenarians will be working
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16. The workplace
itself is less of
a physical
place as tele-
commuting,
virtual teams
and globally
dispersed
workers use
technology to
get the job
done
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17. and free-lancers, contractors and part-
timers replace full-time employees
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18. Old ways of managing people and
measuring performance don’t cut it in the
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19. Annual
appraisals and
rating scales
are out,
monthly or
weekly check
conversations
are in
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20. What this means is a whole lot of
learning needs to happen, fastAnn Rolfe Mentoring Works 2016 cc: jdlasica - https://www.flickr.com/photos/36521958135@N01

21. However, formal education, training
courses and off-sites are luxuries that play
a decreasing role in learning for work
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22. Individuals
will take
greater
responsibility
for their own
development
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23. They will seek out mentors
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24. learn online and independently
from their networks
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25. HR and L&D specialists must be part of
strategic planning in organisations
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26. as well as provide practical support to
business units and work groups to foster on
the job learning
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27. Managers
and leaders
play a
critical role
in
modelling,
mentoring
and
coaching
team-
members
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28. The elements of revolution are like the spokes in a
wheel. Joined at the rim where they get traction to
make progress, they must also connect at the hub
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29. At the
centre, is
the
common
purpose
the
meaning
of the
work we
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30. Ann Rolfe
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