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Future-proofing your job against the robots

Comatch

Like in most lines of work, soft skills are critical to your success as an independent consultant, perhaps even more so. So, the first step is to be aware that soft skills can be trained like any other, then you just need to know how it can be done. Your soft skills and personal approach can make or break a good deal.

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Urgent vs. Important – How to Sort Through the Noise

Women in Consulting

As consultants we often face an overwhelming volume of data, to-do items, and just general communication. This concept was actually introduced by then-President Eisenhower, but it shows up as part of many time management systems.) By: Kim Wasson. Here’s what it looks like: The Basics. By: Kim Wasson.

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Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. They’re Not.

Harvard Business

First, we asked a group of participants to coach another person on the topic of time management, without further explanation. In total, 98 people who were enrolled in an MBA course on leadership training participated, with a variety of backgrounds and jobs. years of leadership experience. years of work experience and 7.4

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Most Managers Don’t Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn.

Harvard Business

First, we asked a group of participants to coach another person on the topic of time management, without further explanation. In total, 98 people who were enrolled in a course on leadership training participated, with a variety of backgrounds and jobs. years of leadership experience. years of work experience and 7.4 questioning.

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How Your Phone Can Help You Set Better Habits

Harvard Business

Consultant Vida Morkunas recommends the Chains.cc Logging apps make it easy to record information like what you’ve eaten, when and how you’ve exercised, or when you’ve completed work tasks. More and more people use apps to guide or structure their habit routines, particularly when it comes to meditation and exercise.

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Mindfulness in the midst of a busy day: becoming aware of first responses

Brimstone Consulting

These “first responses” are not something we’ve been trained to notice, and they run on automatic in the background pretty much all the time we are conscious. That’s the whole exercise. Jeremy is a Senior Partner at Brimstone Consulting Group. If you hear a birdsong and it is pleasant to you, note “pleasant.”