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Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers

Harvard Business

When a company needs a supervisor for a team, senior leaders often anoint the team’s most productive performer. Some of these stars succeed in their new role as manager; many others do not. And the failure can be personally costly for the new manager, causing them to doubt their skills, smarts, and future career path.

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Future-proofing your job against the robots

Comatch

There is little that machines, robots, and software-based AI won’t be able to do in the future – apart from feeling and acting in a human and emotionally intelligent way. “Our so-called “soft skills” are what make us human. Awesome, isn’t it?

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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. What This Means.

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The Lie That Perfectionists Tell Themselves

Harvard Business

Many of us hold principles that keep us from pursuing a more productive lifestyle. For example, one of the most common ones is the belief that increasing productivity, or getting the most out of your time, will decrease the quality of your work, or your ability to do tasks perfectly.

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5 Ways to Focus Your Energy During a Work Crunch

Harvard Business

Maintaining focus and managing energy levels become critical as tasks pile onto an already full load. When you’re in your next work crunch, there are a few things you can do to focus and manage your energy more productively: Accept the situation. Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem.

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How Senior Executives Find Time to Be Creative

Harvard Business

The number-one attribute CEOs look for in their incoming workforce (according to an IBM survey of more than 1,500 CEOs across 33 industries and 60 countries) is not discipline, integrity, intelligence, or emotional intelligence. It’s creativity. And for that, you need highly creative employees.