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6 of the Most In-Demand Skills for the Future Workplace

Career Advancement

Several key competencies will aid in the development of all of those skills: The ability to think outside of the box, maintaining a healthy curiosity about how to best respond to change. An aptitude for thriving in ambiguity and remaining agile, ready to try new ideas, since change will continuously be occurring.

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How To Be Constantly Improving Your Business

Strategy Driven

You’re going to be able to predict future trends better with this knowledge and impress customers with your agility and ability to innovate. Take online courses, attend seminars, and converse with other business leaders so you can advance your skill set. Be Open to Learning.

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Leading Rookie Talent: A Sizing Guide for Stretch Assignments

Leading Blog

They work lean and agile, the smart way all professionals should be working in the current, constantly changing environment. While I was teaching a leadership seminar at a hospital for Yale Medical School, several physician-leaders who oversee residency programs voiced an intriguing frustration. And, they are hungry.

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20 Powerful Ways That Will Lead Your Team to Greatness

Lead from Within

Fun is the element that allows people to make it through the difficult tasks and overwhelming deadlines, and the best leaders know how to make it work without compromising the team’s work ethic or commitment to excellence. Be agile and flexible. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. How to Succeed as A New Leader.

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Applying W. Edwards Deming’s Ideas in Software Development

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming in Today’s IT, at the 2015 Deming Research Seminar. Poorani explains how the management system drives behavior that is not useful to the organization. Stop using performance appraisal and rewards and incentives to motivate people, especial when you are using methods like agile and lean software development.

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How to Drama-Proof Your Workplace

Skip Prichard

We’re not as agile at smoothing over awkward moments, repairing a rift in relationships, expressing genuine gratitude and acknowledging contribution. In our seminars, attendees brainstorm examples of drama-venting. As a commissioner in state government said to me recently, “Relationships aren’t what they used to be.”. It is hilarious.

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Pruning and Perfecting the Role of HR in the Digital Workplace

HR Digest

Attending seminars and conventions and networking with other professionals is just one of the many ways for HR managers to adapt to future digital transformations. By maintaining a constant line of communication with employees and senior executives alike, it is up to the HR team to ensure their organization is ready for the future of work.