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How To Improve Your Leadership Skills

Strategy Driven

It’s a great personal goal because you can take the skills you develop with you and use them in all areas of your life. It’s likely some of the skills carry over and help you succeed in both environments. Your first plan of action should be to find a mentor who you admire and believe has strong leadership skills. Find A Mentor.

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WHY WOMEN'S NATURAL SOFTER SKILLS ARE COMING TO THE FORE IN BUSINESS

Women on Business

It is often the case in the office that these softer skills can be dismissed as being weak and yet now more than ever, businesses will recognise and require support from women in order to build and nurture these vital relationships. Related posts: Build Your Skills With Outside Activities Post by Jane K.

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Communication Skills Can Increase Your Leadership Credibility

Strategy Driven

In today’s global marketplace, leaders must possess strong communication skills. In today’s global marketplace, a successful professional must be able to deliver their message in a clear and concise manner and to use their speaking skills to lead and inspire others. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Shut-up & Listen | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll quickly examine the merits of developing your listening skills. When you reach that point in your life where the light bulb goes off, and you begin to understand that knowledge is not gained by flapping your lips, but by removing your ear wax, you have taken the first step to becoming a skilled communicator.

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Leadership – No Talent Required | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill. link] mikemyatt Brilliant additions…I concur that these traits while highly valuable, require no particular skill.

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Does Technology Drive Outsourcing Decisions?

The Horizons Tracker

That’s the finding of a new paper from the London School of Economics, which examines the issue through the lens of the rollout of high-speed broadband in France between 1999 and 2007. The data showed that when firms had access to broadband, they did indeed become more specialized around their core skills, with a shift of around 1.6%

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The reality is that great leaders all seem to possess an innate sense of timing such that most executives have a very clear understanding of the critical role timing plays as a survival skill at the C-suite level. There are a few times in the life of every professional where staggering opportunities will present themselves.

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