The trend of climbing the skills map over the corporate ladder is a shift towards acquiring diverse skills across various industries, breaking away from traditional five-year or ten-year plans to climb the corporate ladder. This new approach allows employees to be agile and maintain a wide variety of skills for success, including technical and soft skills. Employers can support this trend by promoting open roles internally, having ongoing conversations about career trajectory with employees, and sponsoring ongoing education. By doing so, employers can foster a culture of skills map climbing that benefits both employees and the organization as a whole, increasing productivity and efficiency while reducing silos and innovation barriers.