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In this report, carried out by Accenture, the changes on the horizon for tomorrow's workforce — in particular, for women around the world are considered.
The study provides a snapshot of how tomorrow’s workforce feels about the changes to business that will accompany the increasing leveling of economic power globally, in the so-called multi-polar world.
The study points out that long-term success in today's rapidly changing global business environment presents companies and their employees with new challenges to achieving high performance. Women will need to understand what new skills they need to stay relevant and thrive and management must understand what will motivate and matter to tomorrow's workforce.
The research seeks to pinpoint what working women—and men—will need to do to adapt to globalization. It also explores key differences between the genders and assesses people's willingness to make the necessary adjustments.
The report covers two primary areas: the current landscape as well as skills readiness across each of the 17 countries represented in the report.
The researchers found that overall, women ascribed greater importance to, and indicated greater readiness in, a number of key skill areas than men did. Specifically, they expressed a heightened propensity to cultivate skills related to inclusion and diversity, social responsibility and global skills.
Technology is the skill that women overall deemed most important to success in the future and the one they are most willing to embrace as an enabler of new business models. In fact, technology skills readiness is an area of strength for both genders, while building business relationships needs renewed focus. More than half of female respondents expressed uncertainty about their ability to foster global business relationships over the next three years.
Download "One Step Ahead of 2011: Global Results" [PDF, 1.0MB] :
Accenture_Research_final.pdf 
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