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Empathy: The Top Leadership Skill for Today’s Work Environment

Leading Blog

Recently, a large study ranked empathy as the most important leadership skill in the workplace. British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson said, “Understanding empathy, as well as the experiences of people from different areas of life, is a key skill for business leaders.” Learn more at drjudithorloff.com.

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The Art of Following Up for Executives

N2Growth Blog

Many say there is an art to the follow-up. For starters, follow up action is a signal many employers look for in judging candidates on their professionalism, general organization, and cultural fit. So how do you do follow up well? Could they be right? Does it really matter?

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Fuel Your Career: 17 Critical Skills When You’re a Young Leader Hungry for Success

Let's Grow Leaders

To distinguish yourself as a young leader, build your knowledge, focus on results and relationships, and speak up. Not just the process you follow or the output you have to produce. Show up the conversation with genuine curiosity. Are there additional skills or experiences they recommend you gain? Give it time.

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Boost Your Business and Life with Follow Up

Mark Sanborn

Instead of giving up, Sarah decided to follow up with potential customers who had visited her website but had not made a purchase. Through this follow-up strategy, Sarah was able to convert many of these leads into paying customers. Following up after a meeting or a sales call often seems like a lost art.

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6 Times Your Leadership Skills are Needed Most

Lead from Within

The following are examples of when their leadership skills are needed the most: Creating a Clear Purpose and Vision: A clear sense of purpose and vision is crucial for an organization. As a leader, you can craft and communicate a compelling vision of the future that is backed up with clear and measurable objectives.

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Trust but Verify – requires you to follow-up

Mike Cardus

Trust but Verify – requires you to follow-up. As a manager you follow-up for two reasons: People are doing what they are supposed to be doing; the purpose of follow-up is to maintain performance by: Providing feedback Reinforcing good performance (talk to them and let them know that their good work is noticed).

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Two Weeks and No Updates? Time to Write a Follow-up Email after an Interview

HR Digest

If you’ve recently attended an interview and now you’re spending your time glancing at your phone and refreshing your email, then let us suggest taking matters into your own hands with a follow-up email after an interview. Should I Send a Follow-up Email after an Interview?