Soft Skills - Ask a Wharton MBA
Develop Soft Skills – Work Smart & Live More
This weekend, our family went to see KungFu Panda 3 and loved it. It was both entertaining for the kids and educational for us all. I was amazed at how well the story line conveyed some fundamental leadership lessons while being utterly adorable at the same time. If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly… ...
Managers with stronger skills in multiple areas have greater chances of becoming successful. As a manager, you need both hard skills (e.g. business or project management) and soft skills (e.g. leadership skills) to be effective. I would argue soft skills are more important than hard skills as you get more senior in your career. If you… ...
Good teamwork calls for creating conditions that encourage everyone in the team to share their ideas, feel empowered, and perform in a collaborative and coordinated manner. As a team leader, you are responsible to develop people’s strengths, build good relationships with people, and set meaningful team goals to facilitate it. If you are a team… ...
It’s my distinct pleasure to introduce our first Executive Author, Kate Lin (pen name). Kate has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and over 20 years of work experience. In the last 2 years, she has had extensive experience managing Millennials (aka recent college graduates) in her operations team. Here are her insights and… ...
What is all this talk about Monkeys you may ask? Well, the article is inspired by one of the most famous management articles written in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) back in 1974 called Management Time – Who’s Got the Monkey? I think this is a must read for anyone who wants to succeed in… ...
We often hear about the skills we should develop when we transition from team member to manager. What we seldom hear is that we need to UNLEARN some behaviors in order to transition into effective managers. Some of the things that made us excel as a team member can be the kiss of death to…
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If you want to advance in your career, advancement to people management is an important milestone to achieve. It takes 5-10 years to get promoted to manager. That’s like the initial climb into a Roller Coaster ride. The top looks wonderful and it’s thrilling to keep climbing up and up the team member ladder until eventually you reach… ...