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6 vital workplace skills you’ll need to succeed in the future

Career Advancement

Many employees believe that if they continue doing what’s expected of them, they’ll always have a job. As AI, robotics, and machine learning take on increasingly central roles within organizations, employees will need to focus more on skills in the interpersonal and decision-making realms. Contact him to learn how to get started.

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Positions Ponder. People Purchase.

Tony Mayo

What follows may be of no use to you because you’re probably one of the people who learned this in kindergarten or before. She had me demonstrate my pitch (I was still doing pitches in those days, but that’s another story.). “Tony,&# she asked, “why on earth do you expect people to buy from you?&#

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Global Team Leaders Must Deliberately Create "Moments"

Harvard Business Review

In my work centered on coordination of work across national boundaries — including the implementation of a standard language — I have learned that the most powerful way to overcome these differences is for global managers to create "moments," sometimes difficult moments. Four types of moments make material difference: 1.

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Olympic Host Cities Need Transparency, Not Knowledge Transfer

Harvard Business Review

Particularly in the last 12 years since the Sydney Games, it has put extensive effort into developing a Knowledge Management Program. All of this is done in response to a clear knowledge deficit. Meanwhile, new hosts often neglect to capitalize on the successes of the last Games because they are confident that they can do better.

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How to Gain Credibility When You Have Little Experience

Harvard Business Review

Getting a fast start in your career will help you gain access to experiences and opportunities that will help you get noticed, be seen as a “high potential,” and be given access to opportunities to learn and grow in your career. In which areas do you feel you do your best work? Leverage your research skills.

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How to Build Trust with Colleagues You Rarely See

Harvard Business Review

When you stop by a colleague’s office and see their family photographs on a desk, you learn about that person’s life outside the office and, as a result, usually feel closer. So how do you trust a co-worker you barely see in person? Direct Knowledge. sarah wright/Getty Images. Swift Trust. Passable Trust.

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