Category Archives: Skill building

Jan
21
  • Developing yourself to success

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    Personal development. If you could put what drives career success into one phrase, that would be the phrase. Personal development is the conscious pursuit of self-growth by expanding self-awareness and knowledge and improving personal skills. Basically, what it takes is for you to be aware of your personal drawbacks and strive to make yourself better – in every area, be it in personal or professional life. The key component of personal development is self-awareness. If you do not know yourself, you […]

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Mar
6
  • 3 major signs of soft skills gap in your organization

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    Soft skills, also known as people skills, are the skills you use to interact with others at work. They make up who you are, generally encompassing your attitudes, habits and how you interact with other people. Examples are communication skills, interpersonal skills, business etiquette, etc. In contrast, hard or technical skills mean subject matter expertise like computer programming, accounting, financial analysis, or chemical engineering. Hard skills are generally easily quantifiable and measurable but not as transferable as soft skills. Both […]

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Feb
6
  • Seven great ways to employee development

    Coaching and mentoring Demonstrated benefits of these approaches include improved quality and quantity of work, transfer of learning and, for employees, improved communication and problem-solving skills. Effective coaching and mentoring programs depend on the skills and personality of the mentor or coach, adequate time for coaching and mentoring sessions and established timelines and goals. Job rotation and cross-training Job rotation moves an employee through one or more different positions. The rotation can last several hours, several months or even a […]

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Jan
23
  • The business case for skills development

    Ask employers what their  biggest challenge in running and growing their business is, most will tell  you it is the inability to find the right employees. The reason for this is not difficult to figure out looking at our low quality education and  a value system that supports sub-optimal work culture. Small- and medium-sized businesses are the most affected because they lack the brand and sometimes the resources to attract the few skilled and ‘already-made’ employees that are available. So […]

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