The past 18 months have accelerated many changes in the work environment that will affect you for years to come. Are you equipping yourself to be successful in this rapidly changing world of work? Are you ready to have a meaningful career supported by the skills required for the 21st century of the global workplace? Does your organization have a plan in place to develop a 21st-century workforce?

2021 is half over. How are you doing through this year of change? Let’s walk through a checklist of questions you can ask yourself so you may reflect, renew and refocus on your journey of growth for the second half of 2021. Let’s make the second half better than the first! As you read these questions, take notes on your reflection each.

The Covid Crisis. Who would have thought it would last this long! But the Covid Crisis is truly a terrible thing to waste. Maybe you feel “trapped” at the mercy of Covid induced circumstances out of your control. Trapped is what I could feel sitting in a three week quarantine room upon returning to Singapore. Entering the hotel quarantine room, I wondered how would an active guy like me will survive being trapped due to Covid.