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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 4

Word Count: 1,692 Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. Communication: The Weakest Link of all Soft Skills Organizations hire people who possess all the hard skills and soft skills to do the job… or as close as...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 5A

Word Count: 1,758Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. Collaboration:  the Crucial Soft Skill needed in the Future There aren’t too many industries where people work all alone or in which their work does not...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 5B

Word Count: 1,655Estimated Read Time: 6 ½ Min. Working in Groups Does Not Equal Collaboration Most people do not collaborate well.  They may work in a group or department.  They might even be part of...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 6A

Word Count: 1,636Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. Creativity and Innovation are the Dynamic Duo of Soft Skills Employers recruit and hire people who can bring their knowledge, skills and experience to bear...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 6B

Word Count: 1,926Estimated Read Time: 8 Min. Recruiting, Hiring and Managing Creative and Innovative People In today’s rapidly evolving marketplace, technical skills are undeniably important....

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 7

Word Count: 1,659Estimated Read Time: 6 ½ Min. Problem-Solving is the Most Desired of all Soft Skills It’s been said that “Every great company starts by solving a problem.”  Indeed, all businesses are...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 8

Decoding Work Ethic: the Most Crucial yet Amorphous Soft Skill Word Count: 1,621Estimated Read Time: 6 ½ Min. The Elusive Essence of a Solid Work Ethic In the modern workplace, a lexicon of “soft...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 9

Adaptability and Flexibility are the Ultimate Flex Word Count: 1,665Estimated Read Time: 6 ½ Min. Adaptability has always been an important skill.  As Max McKeown put it, “All failure is the failure...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 9B

Boosting Adaptability, Open-Mindedness and Resilience Word Count: 1,607Estimated Read Time: 6 ½ Min. Are you flexible?  Can you pivot at a moment’s notice and embrace last-minute changes to carefully...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 10A

Emotional Intelligence Elevates People over AI Word Count: 1,503Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. Here’s an uncomfortable truth:  AI and automation are advancing at an unprecedented speed, and many human...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 10B

Boosting Emotional Intelligence Skills Word Count: 1,589Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. When companies hire staff, what qualities and abilities are most desirable?  Typically, “intellectual aptitude” is...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 11A

Get Along to Get Ahead in Your Career Word Count: 1,802Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. Likeability: The Invisible Currency The modern career landscape often resembles a complex equation.  We’re told the...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 11B

How to Get Along to Get Ahead in Your Career Word Count: 1,583 Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. Ever had someone with whom you just did not get along?  They might have been too loud and outspoken.  Or they...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 12

Decision-Making – The Soft Skill Made of Steel Word Count: 1,475 Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. Not every job requires a person to make decisions.  Depending on the role and the company, some positions...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 12B

Honing those Decision-Making Skills Word Count: 1,771 Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. People make decisions all the time.  Today, you’ve probably already made dozens of decisions… small choices.  Get up...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 13A

Leadership – The Top of the Soft Skills Ladder Word Count: 1,740 Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. The topic of leadership is researched and written about incessantly.  There is a long history of scholarly...

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Essential Soft Skills for Career Success, Part 13B

Leadership Paves the Ultimate Path to Promotion and Prosperity Word Count: 2,256 Estimated Read Time: 9 Min. In the bustling marketplace of business success and career advancement, one powerful...

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Cutting the Gordian Knot:  The Bold Approach to Solving Complex and Urgent...

Word Count: 1,456 Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. It is not uncommon for a company to face one or more deeply complicated, intertwined and seemingly unsolvable problems.  The enormity and complexity of...

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Cutting the Gordian Knot: The Bold Approach to Solving Complex and Urgent...

Word Count: 1,937 Estimated Read Time: 7 ½ Min. Big, deep, thorny problems can kill companies.  One need only look at global companies that were thriving 50 years ago but now no longer exist to...

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Is the Genericization of Your Brand a Good Thing? – Part 1

When a Brand Name Becomes a Verb Word Count: 1,563 Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. When we think about competition in business, we invariably think about the product or service being provided and how it...

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