What should compliance practitioners do to move themselves forward professionally in 2025 and beyond? To consider this question, I drew inspiration from the Financial Times (FT) piece entitled “Work in the 2020s: 5 essential skills to succeed” by Lyndsey Jones. In this article, Jones laid out five areas where workers need to have skills that will keep abreast of the ever-evolving marketplace. They are: (1) Adapt to thrive, (2) Be creative, (3) Develop emotional intelligence, (4) Become tech-savvy, and (5) Build your brand.
Being a compliance professional in the coming decade will be one of the most challenging, rewarding, and exciting professions for anyone to engage in. You have the opportunity to help lead not only your organization but also your profession. To paraphrase Alyson Van Hooser, will you put your (compliance) stake in the ground and own it? For your sake and the sake of the compliance profession going forward, I hope you will do so.
Three key takeaways:
- Adapt to thrive as you are only limited by your imagination.
- Build your brand and deliver.
- Be creative.
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