Soft skills

Leadership Skills You’ll Need as a Next Generation Leader

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Leadership gap

Recent trends show most current executives aren’t confident in giving up the reigns of their organizations to rising leaders. And, while leadership development is consistently rated high on many organizations “to-do” list, few have actually implemented programs to cultivate leadership skills. Organizations with this lack of leadership strategy are missing critical opportunities for business and revenue growth, a gap that millennials are hoping to fill in the future. ...  read more

Farewell Letter to Coworkers – A Great Example

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farewell letter to coworkers

It’s never easy to say farewell to a company and a team.   However, this will happen many times in your career, as most of us have at least 7 different jobs until we retire.  While many farewell letters to coworkers are fairly standard and boring, it may serve you to take some time to craft a memorable one instead. ...  read more

Career Advancement – How Louis Quadrupled His Income

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career advancement

Mastering soft skills is critical to your career advancement.   Louis Johnston, one of our executive authors, agrees.  He shared in this interview how mastering certain soft skills helped him skyrocket his career and quadruple his compensation.

Louis started as an Online Marketing Associate, 10 years ago.  He has since been promoted to Manager, Director, Senior Director, and now Head of Growth. This may sound like a straight-forward success story.  It is not.  He didn’t just happen to become super successful by working hard or hitting all his marketing numbers.  On the contrary, he was hitting his numbers, but not getting much credit for it.  Louis was stuck at the same level for awhile. ...  read more

3 Leadership Lessons from KungFu Panda 3

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leadership lessons from kungfu panda 3

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 recommend it. ...  read more

What are Good Communication Skills and How to Convey Them?

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good communication skills

Practicing good communication skills remains a core component to success in today’s digital age of texts and tweets. It’s great to communicate in today’s lines; to Snapchat, Like, Retweet and Tumble, but when it comes to the workplace, it comes down still to human interaction.

Good communication skills never go out of style. Good communication can help you avoid conflict, achieve goals, and enhance your reputation in almost every industry and instance. Armed with the right communication methods, you can use these skills to make a significant, positive difference in your life (whether for personal or professional gain). ...  read more

3 Unexpected Lessons from My 15K Race

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hot chocolate run 2016

Two weeks ago, I ran in a 15K race in San Francisco.  It was the Hot Chocolate Run.   I didn’t run fast nor break any records.  On the contrary, I didn’t train for it, had only two hours of sleep the night before, and almost didn’t make it to the race.   This was not like me.  This article is less about the race and more about the three lessons I unexpectedly learned along the way. ...  read more