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Soft Skills Training in the Digital Age: Strategies and Best Practices

Clarity Consultants

Here is where soft skills training becomes important. Unlike hard skills, soft skills such as active listening, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking can’t be mastered through static content alone. Emotional Intelligence Being able to read a room, even a virtual one, matters.

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Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business

After an intensive training in the practice, he was better able to stop himself when his impulse was to jump in and control, and instead adopt a more supportive style, letting subordinates take on more responsibility. These, it turns out, are what one of us (Dan) has described as core emotional intelligence competencies.

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How to Use Mindfulness to Increase Your Team’s Creativity

Harvard Business

Research has found that a short period of mindfulness training can have a positive impact on creative output. based real estate firm to examine whether a mindfulness training program could influence a team’s creativity. We know that mind training can nurture key areas in the creative process. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic.

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To Develop Cultural Dexterity, Seek It Out

Harvard Business

Preparation starts, of course, with training in cross-cultural best practices, as well as more general “soft skills” like emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication, to help people become more aware of their own preferences and develop a sincere desire to learn more about others. For example, when U.S.

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5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work

Harvard Business

Here are some tips, based on some of the latest neuroscience, behavioral and organizational research: Exercise mindfulness. People in the business world are increasingly turning their attention to mental training practices associated with mindfulness — and for good reason. Compartmentalize your cognitive load.

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How to Bring Mindfulness to Your Company’s Leadership

Harvard Business

There is in fact very little data in relation to the impact of mindfulness training on leadership development. We need to know: Does mindfulness training actually “develop” leadership? So, does mindfulness training develop leaders? Emotional Intelligence. 3 Ways to Better Understand Your Emotions.

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Mindfulness Works but Only If You Work at It

Harvard Business

The latest trend in leadership development is mindfulness training. For example, does mindfulness training actually improve leadership capacities? Half of the participants received their training immediately and the other half received it later, but we measured key characteristics in both groups at the same times.