How Athletes’ Skills are Helping Build a More Adaptable Workforce and Contribute to Economic Development in Ghana’s Oil Sector
By David Lavallee and Ruth Lavallee
In a previous article [1] we outlined how human capital is expected to soon surpass financial capital as a key driver of economic development within the oil sector, coinciding with a widening global skills gap in the industry.
To help contribute to a solution, we partnered with the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors to research how skills that elite athletes develop through sports can progress economic development in the oil sector.
In the first phase of our research [1], we showed that elite athletes transitioning from the sport of football to the oil sector bring valuable skills, including:
Collaboration and Communication
Leadership and Strategic Planning
Decision-Making and Risk Management
Negotiation, Creativity, and Emotion...