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What are the top soft skills you need in a post-pandemic world? This year has certainly caused a lot of disruption in the business world and in our professional lives. This disruption has led to the rise of certain soft skills that are becoming more important in the workplace.
As an emerging leader, you need to be on top of the current soft skills that you need to survive and thrive in the world of work. Because of the change we’ve experienced this year, there are new soft skills that you need to be aware of.
In this episode, I’ve identified the top five soft skills you need in a post-pandemic world. Identifying the soft skills you need is often the hardest part. I hope this episode will help steer you in the right direction
In Episode 43 of The Leadership Pod, “Top Soft Skills You Need in a Post-Pandemic World”, you’ll learn about:
After listening to this episode, you will have a clearer picture on the soft skills you need to be relevant in the world of work as an emerging leader.
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How can you get promoted in 2020 during the pandemic? This year has certainly brought about many challenges for emerging leaders. Many employees have lost their jobs. Some have been forced to work from home. And a number of professionals who were expecting to get promoted this year have had their promotions put on hold.
If you were waiting to get promoted in 2020 and it didn’t happen, you might be wondering what you can do to keep yourself top of mind for the next promotion when business starts back up again.
In this episode, I delve into five ideas that you can implement to stay visible and give yourself the best chance of getting the promotion you were waiting for.
The five ideas I share with you are:
After listening to this episode, you will have a number of strategies you can try to help you get promoted in 2020 and beyond.
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In this episode, I talked about my flagship video course, “Business Etiquette 101: Social Skills for Success” where you can learn the people skills to build relationships in business as well as your professional image. Click here to find out more about this course and access the discount coupon.
*Please note: this discount will expire on 19 December 2020.
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Most people at one stage or another in their career want to know how to build strong relationships in business. How do you get people to know you, like you and trust you in business?
You may have been overlooked for promotions. Or perhaps you’ve seen high-level projects being awarded to people who are less skilled than you. In both these cases, I guarantee that the person who won the promotion or high-level project did so because of relationships they’ve built in their company or industry.
For your career progression and leadership success, it’s critical that you learn how relationships work and how to build them. As they say, when you realise you need a business relationship with somebody, it’s too late to start forming it.
Whether you’re an employee or an entrepreneur, strong relationships are the competitive edge you need to succeed.
In this episode of The Leadership Pod, you will learn the importance of building strong relationships in business so you can stand out!
You will learn:
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How to maintain a professional image when you work from home. This is a question many emerging leaders are asking themselves in 2020.
When you work from home, it’s tempting to opt for comfortable clothing such as activewear, loungewear or pyjamas. However, these outfit choices can have an impact on your level of productivity and confidence when you work from home.
A 2020 study by CouponFollow with 1,000 remote workers found that 80% of people who dress more formally felt more productive throughout the day.
Personally, I’ve found when I lift my level of formality in my WFH outfits, I immediately feel more confident and I’m more productive in my work.
In this episode of The Leadership Pod, I talk more about this issue and I share with you some ideas on what you can wear when you work from home.
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Why is your professional image important in the workplace? Why should people care what you wear to work? Your professional image and your appearance play an important role in your leadership brand and reputation. They send a message to your coworkers, boss and clients and also impact how you feel about yourself.
As you advance into leadership, it’s important you understand the image you’re putting across through your outfit. Certain outfits can help you convey credibility and authority. Others may not. Does your image help you look like leadership material, or not?
In this episode of The Leadership Pod, I delve into your professional image in the workplace and why it’s important.
I talk about:
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In the workplace, you might come across a situation where you and a coworker have a difference of opinion. This is a situation where you and your colleague cannot agree on an issue. You’re in a disagreement deadlock.
Disagreement deadlocks are difficult situations to be in. They can quickly lead to tension. They erode productivity in the workplace. They can also damage relationships. As an emerging leader, it’s critical that you have the skills and a strategy to overcome a disagreement deadlock.
What can you do when you’re in a disagreement deadlock? How can you get out of one?
In this episode, I teach you a three-step strategy to overcoming a disagreement deadlock so you can move the conversation forward.
The three step-strategy I talk about is:
In this episode, you will find helpful phrases and sentences you can use for each of the above three stages.
You will learn:
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Learning how to disagree assertively with someone at work is a key skill that emerging leaders need to master. As you climb higher in the corporate world, you need to make your opinion known. You need to look like an independent thinker if you want to establish the reputation as a leader. And disagreeing with people at work when you need to or want to is a great way to do this.
However, disagreeing doesn’t come naturally to many people. If you’re more of a passive communicator, you’re likely to use a lot of indirect language when you disagree, causing your disagreement to sound weak. If you’re more of an aggressive communicator, your disagreements can sound too direct and overpowering.
There is a middle ground that is disagreeing assertively. This allows you to get your point across with confidence and conviction, while at the same time, maintaining a positive working relationship with the other person.
In this episode, How to Disagree Assertively With Someone at Work, I guide you through the 5-step strategy that will help you disagree assertively. I teach you the foundational concepts behind this strategy and give you example sentences to use in your next disagreement.
You will learn:
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What are the benefits of disagreeing? Why do you need to disagree as a leader? Many people avoid disagreeing. It can be daunting, especially if you’re disagreeing with somebody more powerful than you. However, in leadership, it’s critical that you develop the skill to disagree when you need to and want to.
Holding back from disagreeing can lead to many negative repercussions in leadership. The main one being, you can let bad ideas stay in the conversation, driving your team’s growth in the wrong direction, which in turn, damages your reputation as a leader.
In this episode, I share my thoughts on why it can be hard to disagree and then I continue on with three reasons as to why you should disagree when you’re a leader.
In “Why Disagreeing Makes You Look Like a Leader”, you will learn:
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How to become more visible at work is a question many emerging leaders ask. As you progress in your career and step up to leadership positions, it’s critical that you become more visible in the workplace.
However many emerging leaders are apprehensive about doing this because they don’t want to be self-promotional. Becoming visible in the workplace does not mean you have to be self-promotional. The best way of promoting yourself in the workplace is to focus on your accomplishments and the value you bring.
In this episode of The Leadership Pod, I share with you five unique ideas on how you can become your visible and promote your contribution without being self-promotional.
In How to Become More Visible at Work (Without Being Self-Promotional), you will learn:
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Many emerging leaders, job seekers and entrepreneurs want to be more visible on LinkedIn. It’s an incredibly important part of building your personal brand and online presence. When you build a strong personal brand online, it can lead to new job opportunities and clients.
There are many ways you can increase your visibility on LinkedIn to strengthen your personal brand. In Episode 033 of The Leadership Pod, I talked about how you can strategically comment and like LinkedIn posts of your ideal target connection.
In this week’s episode, I continue on with the same theme and share more ideas on how you can engage with your ideal target connection on LinkedIn to become more visible in front of your ideal target connection and grow your network.
In Episode 034, “How to Increase Your Visibility on LinkedIn in 20-minutes a Day”, you will learn about:
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