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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. When necessary, pair them with another mentor who has a particular type of knowledge.

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Domain Knowledge

Lead Change Blog

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. Like a typical lifecycle, when an SME leaves the firm, the organization suffers some form of loss of knowledge.

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How to Build Trust with Colleagues You Rarely See

Harvard Business Review

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. My colleague Mark Mortenson and I identified reflected knowledge as a means for building understanding and trust.

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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.

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How to Gain Credibility When You Have Little Experience

Harvard Business Review

Find out what specific types of knowledge people in your industry crave — and lack — and build your area of expertise around it. Manage your workload and communicate proactively. Manage your commitments and workload wisely. Take advantage of them to make a quick impression as a reliable and hard worker.

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