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Culture rot is when everything that once made a company good gradually starts to disappearresulting in sinking morale, low productivity, lots of gossip, quiet quitting, and overall cynicism. And it can cause big problems for everyone.
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The end of the year is the perfect time to take stock of where you are, what youre good at, and what you want to develop in the new year. The job market continues to be intense and competitive, so youre wise to consider hiring trends and how you can best prepare and set yourself apart. There is one skill that tops the list for getting the job, building your career, and becoming indispensable: resilience. Resilience has many forms. At a general level, resilience is about adaptability, flexibility, and responsiveness to multiple situations. But when you consider it through a few lenses, it brings terrific focus to what you must be wicked good at for the brightest future. RESILIENCE WITH PEOPLE Topping the list of which skills will set you apart are people skills also known as soft skills. And while theyre called soft skills, theyre actually not soft at all since they are hard to find, hard to master, and its hard to get anywhere without them. In particular, a survey by Resume Template found that 24% of hiring managers believe soft skills are most important, followed by 62% who say they are just as important as technical skills. And data from TestGorilla found that 60% of hiring leaders believe soft skills are more important today than they were five years ago. But whats helpful to consider is that soft skills are really made up of an ability to be resilient with people. When you can listen with empathy, youre better able to respond. When you can communicate effectively with diverse groups of people, you can get more done. When you can demonstrate teamwork and collaboration, youre able to move others to action and effectively achieve objectives together. And when you show professionalism through tough issues, youll generate a lot of panache. These are all among the top-ranking skills that hiring managers want, according to Resume Template. Ultimately, resilience is required with people because youll need to be constantly adjusting to their moods or their styles. Youll also need to flex your style if you face conflict, staying calm when you feel angry, or finding a way to talk with someone even if you disagree. Build your resilience with people by focusing on listening and tuning in when youre interacting, rather than getting distracted by devices or your internal chatter. Also ask for feedback from a trusted colleague about how you interact and how you can improve. Look around for people you believe are especially good at building relationships and rapport. Consider how you can learn from what makes them effective, so you can put new strategies into practice. RESILIENCE WITH SITUATIONS Another way that resilience is a primary skill for success is that it helps ensure youre adaptable to whatever situation you face. Youll need to be contextually aware, staying in tune with shifts that might be occurring with customers or with an emerging problem. In fact, in the Resume Template survey, problem-solving was one of the top skills that hiring managers are looking for in candidates. Youll also need to manage time effectively, and this is rarely linear or predictable, requiring flexibility. The project will take longer than you thought, or youll need to wait for a teammate to give you key information before you can make progress on your task. Or you may finish with a set of responsibilities more quickly than you planned and be ready to position yourself for whats next. Time management is one of the most important skills, according to the Resume Template data. Resilience with situations also requires you to take initiative. When you see a barrier, youll need to step up and figure out how to get past it. Or when you see an opportunity, youll want to lean in, raise your hand, and volunteer to get involved. This kind of approach will get you noticed so you can get promoted or secure the next opportunity. You can think of situational resilience as grit. Its the ability to stick with things and adapt to whats needed in the moment. Its also the ability to be flexible in terms of how you apply your skills based on what the team or the organization needs and based on where you want to head with your career. Build your resilience with situations by staying aware of whats going on around you in the world, in your organization, and with your customers (whether theyre internal or external). Consistently ask yourself how you need to respond and how you can take initiative with whats changing. You can also build your situational resilience by reminding yourself that youre capable and that you can learn all the time. If you stumble, reflect on what happened and make plans for how you can improve. This will keep you in a learning mode and a resilience mindset. RESILIENCE FOR THE FUTURE Resilience is also the most important skill as it relates to your ability to learn, grow, and develop. The landscape of work is changing at breakneck speed, largely because of technology. As a result, the very best candidates are those who can figure out how to make things happen in the midst of uncertainty and keep their skills fresh and continually developing. There is also an element of optimism and energy that is part of resilience for the future. When youre investing time and effort in your own growth, youre necessarily anticipating whats next and planning on where you can go. This is a hope-filled strategy, and people are drawn to others who are powering through and engaged with the team in moving forward together. This is the true essence of leadership, another in-demand skill, in which youre motivating and inspiring others. When you demonstrate resilience for the future, youre also staying aware of trends, markets, customers, and competitors. Whatever job you do, youre constantly sensing whats changing, whats coming, and how you can respond. In the Resume Template survey, among the top 10 hard skills that leaders wanted candidates to have were data analysis, project management, and AI. A survey by Resume Builder agrees that AI is the most important skill that hiring managers want to see on résumés. But the nuances of these skills and how theyre applied will change over time. The ability to learn whats new and flex over time will be most critical to success. Build your resilience for the future by staying optimistic. There are always plenty of barriers as you look forward, but try to focus on the opportunities that are also coming up. Make plans for the new skills you want to learn. Also lean into how you use technology. Try, test, and experiment so you can develop both skills and a point of view about what works best. And engage other people, involving them and sharing te positive energy youre feeling to move ahead. THE ACTION HERO EFFECT Resilience is an action-hero skill. Think of MacGyver, who was an action hero who could solve any problem to get himself out of thorny situations. Or consider Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible, surviving and achieving the objective no matter the challenge. Resilience allows you to make things happen in spite of challenging colleagues, conflicts, problems with projects, or changes in direction. You wont avoid difficulty, but youll be able to work your way through by adapting, flexing, and demonstrating resilience. Building this ability in the new year will allow you to stand out and set yourself apart whether youre interviewing for a new job, getting noticed for a promotion, or expanding your credibility in your current role.
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This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps.I love apps like Metronaut and Tomplay, which let me carry a collection of classical (sheet) music on my phone. They also provide piano or orchestral accompaniment for any violin piece I want to play. Todays post shares 10 other recommended tools for music lovers from my fellow writer and friend, Chris Dalla Riva, who writes Can’t Get Much Higher, a popular Substack focused on the intersection of music and data. I invited Chris to share with you his favorite resources for discovering, learning, and creating music. By day, Chris works at the music streaming service Audiomack. His debut book Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves comes out today, November 13, 2025, via Bloomsbury. He wrote it while listening to every single #1 hit in history. The rest of the post is by Chris. – Jeremy Caplan Learn about Music Genius Chris: If you are looking to understand the lyrics to your favorite songs, turn to Genius, a crowdsourced website of lyrical annotations. Sometimes youll even find artists annotating their own lyrics or breaking things down in a video. (FREE) WhoSampled Searching through WhoSampled is like looking at musical DNA. Based on crowdsourced information, the site allows you to see how songs are connected through samples, interpolations, and covers. This was an incredible resource for researching the decline of cover songs in my book. (FREE, but you can pay $3/month for additional features.) Discover new music Every Noise at Once Maintained by Spotifys former data alchemist Glenn McDonald, Every Noise maps all genres on Spotify. For any of the thousands of genres in Spotifys catalog, you can see four playlists. The Sound Of playlist will give you a wide taste of the genre. The Intro playlist is where beginners should start. The Pulse playlist is what fans are listening to right now. The Edge playlist spotlights more obscure tracks in the genre. (FREE, though more useful with a Spotify subscription.) Radiooooo The name looks fake, but this site is real and incredible. It allows you to listen to music not just from around the world, but across time, as curated by humans. Want to hear the music of Nicaragua in the 1980s? Canada in the 1940s? Thailand in the 1960s? Radiooooo is the place for you. (FREE) Radiooooo: listen to popular music anywhere in the world, from 1900 to now Radio Garden While Radiooooo curates recordings, Radio Garden actually lets you hear whats playing on thousands of radio stations around the globe right now. (FREE) Share Wonder Tools Learn an instrument Yousician Available on the web, Android, iOS or Mac/PC, Yousician is one of the most robust music education platforms. Learn guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, or voice, with thousands of interactive songs and lessons. Its helpful whether youve been playing for years or are picking up an instrument for the first time. (7-day free trial, then $30/month or $140/year; Black Friday 72% sale ends December 6). Chordify Chordify makes learning new songs easy, especially if you are a novice. Not only do they list chord progressions and give you the ability to transpose them, but those progressions will sync with the recording, so you can really get your timing right. Note: Chordify lacks the lessons youll find on Yousician. (Much of the platform is free, but you can access additional tools for between $2 and $3.50/onth, and theres a Black Friday sale for $1/month.) Ultimate-Guitar This long-running guitar tablature site helps you play any song you like. Its catalog may be bigger than any other learning platform. I recommend using Ultimate-Guitar on the web, as the app locks many features behind a paywall. (Most tabs on the site are free, with paid access to special features like interactive tabs, for $10/month or $40/year; 80% Black Friday sale.) Tools for artists Splice Do you need instrument plug-ins, sound effects, and royalty-free samples for your next creation? There is no better destination than Splice. ($13 to $40/month, depending on your plan.) Moises Packed with everything from smart metronomes to lyric transcription, Moises is my favorite tool for stem separation. It allows you to break an audio file into its component tracks, which can help with remixing, remastering, and reimagining recordings. ($6 to $30/month.) This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps.
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