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How Leadership Self-Awareness Improves Financial Performance

Organizational Talent Consulting

But how do you improve bottom-line performance amid economic uncertainty, a persistent talent crisis, and the reality that only 3 in 10 employees are engaged? Studies have demonstrated that followers perceive leaders with a heightened emotional intelligence as being successful and effective leaders. One key is self-awareness.

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How to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager

Harvard Business

When you’re hiring a new manager, the stakes are high. You need someone who can effectively lead people, manage a budget, liaise with upper management — and, usually, do it all from day one. Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone?

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Do Not Underestimate the Importance of Non-Technical Skills

LSA Global

But, even more importantly, they need to have the non-technical skills – the so called emotional intelligence and soft skills in order to effectively collaborate with others in a way that makes the whole greater than its parts. In other words, you need the soft skills in order to leverage the hard skills.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

Begin by saying something like, “We are seriously considering Mary to be a project manager here. For instance, “Nancy doesn’t have a lot of experience managing people”—how do you think she’ll do as a supervisor? “I also indicated the part of the time he would be working offsite.”