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6 vital workplace skills you’ll need to succeed in the future

Career Advancement

Successful employees will use creative thinking to solve new problems that arise as a result of major organizational shifts and new technologies. Encourage them to engage in brainstorming exercises that generate outside-of-the-box solutions, then talk through which ones might be most feasible.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

Your best chance of having creative, innovative initiatives will occur with behaviors that: Encourage curiosity: Ask open ended questions, encourage forums where it is easy and safe to brainstorm, and model curiosity for others on your staff. You can always speak up if you have to later.

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Incorporating 160 Effective Performance Phrases in Your Performance Appraisal Review Templates

HR Digest

Uses technology effectively to enhance communication and collaboration. Demonstrates a strong sense of empathy and emotional intelligence. Displays a high level of creativity in brainstorming sessions. Displays a passion for exploring new technologies and methodologies. Has a talent for thinking outside of the box.

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Job skills in demand in 2021

HR Digest

Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence holds you in good stead in today’s difficult times where social interactions are limited and the economy is tough, so to handle unexpected hardships with equanimity is required. For convenience, we have broken the list down into soft skills and hard skills. Collaboration.

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Forming Stronger Bonds with People at Work

Harvard Business Review

As popular writer and researcher Adam Grant has noted , the pressure of tight deadlines and the pace of technology mean that fewer Americans are finding friendship in the workplace. Recent research emphasizes that the power of connections can help us be creative, resilient, even live longer.

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5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work

Harvard Business Review

Be deliberate about compartmentalizing different types of work activities such as emailing, strategy or brainstorming sessions, and business-as-usual meetings. The result is at times a frenetic way of working. Being hyperconnected and responsive to work anytime, anywhere, can be extremely taxing.

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