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

Career Advancement

As a manager, take action now to make sure your organization maximizes the potential of all its people, helping them develop the most vital skills for their shifting roles and functions. The following are some of the key skills of the future workforce that employees across a broad range of organizations will need to develop.

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Domain Knowledge

Lead Change Blog

As a leader runs an organization, it is important to hire people who have the domain knowledge of the business that they are in. They know the ins and outs of the business, and can help your organization traverse the landscape and develop new products or services that can help you increase your market share.

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Leader Know Thyself

Coaching Tip

It should be noted that there are two types of knowledge: the factual information that can be acquired by formal education and real-world practices, and knowledge of one''s own "inner" world. Women, Know Thyself: The most important knowledge is self-knowledge. Develop Leadership Skills: A Reference Guide.

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How to Build Trust with Colleagues You Rarely See

Harvard Business Review

You believe they are trust worthy because you’ve developed this feeling over time. With this in mind, there are two types of trust— swift trust and passable trust —that are useful to understand for people who work in global organizations. So how do you trust a co-worker you barely see in person?

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How to Gain Credibility When You Have Little Experience

Harvard Business Review

One of the best ways to stand out in a corporate setting, even as someone with less work experience, is to develop unique knowledge that makes you a go-to resource for your colleagues and clients. Find out what specific types of knowledge people in your industry crave — and lack — and build your area of expertise around it.

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Olympic Host Cities Need Transparency, Not Knowledge Transfer

Harvard Business Review

Certainly, knowledge transfer has been a priority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Particularly in the last 12 years since the Sydney Games, it has put extensive effort into developing a Knowledge Management Program. Difficulty of getting the whole story. Contractual commitment.

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Global Team Leaders Must Deliberately Create "Moments"

Harvard Business Review

To counter those cohesion and performance risks, managing such a globally-dispersed team requires deliberate planning that helps bridge those boundaries. My colleague, Mark Mortensen, and I have identified two types of knowledge — direct and reflected — that help fill those awareness contextual gaps.