CEC European Mangers has participated in the EU consultation about creating a European Pact for Skills among various stakeholders. In its response to the European Commission’s questionnaire, CEC has highlighted the crucial role of leadership in building a new European skill ecosystem. Without the capacity to green our jobs and align them to our vision for the future, skill development in the EU risks not being fit for the future.

Managers are increasingly using tools such as (skill) forecasting and backcasting in order to achieve greater strategic leverage in a VUCA world. Instead of filling gaps for skills that were required 30 years ago, it’s now about identifying the skills that will be needed in the future and investing in them. These will have to be designed as to respond to the challenges set by planetary boundaries, societal needs and open innovation. Unfortunately, managers in Europe are not equipped with the skills needed for the transition, as our major study on Sustainable Leadership in Europe has shown.

Read consultation documents and more here.