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Bridging today’s skill gaps to respond to tomorrow’s change

Mercuri International

“In three years, 54% of company employees will need significant retraining of their skills“. That’s what emerged from the World Economic Forum 2020 1. A significant truth that reveals how skill gaps are a factor not to be underestimated. Sales and skill gaps. 1 World Economic Forum (2020). References.

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Managing Partners’ Forum – Highlights from the Advisory Board Meeting September 2023

Red Star Kim

Qualities sought in NEDs included: financial literacy, tech literacy, ESG knowledge, change management experience, people literacy, interpersonal skills, team collaboration, consensus-building, intellectual capacity, integrity and independent-minded. Experience in stakeholder management and funding is also desirable.

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Proactive marketing and business development executives – CRM, internal engagement and career insights

Red Star Kim

New CIM professional marketing qualifications – 2020 (kimtasso.com) Be proactive – Recognise the need to move away from simply responding to requests and providing a service.

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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

0% Focus/targeting 0% Awareness/interpersonal skills 33% Sales process/methodology 67% Discipline and motivation What do you use to help fee-earners research sales prospects?

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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

Red Star Kim

8% Achieving consensus/buy in 8% Managing disagreement between partners/teams 25% Dealing with fixed views 17% Managing involvement from other functions 8% Being confident of the outcome/results 17% Justifying the investment 17% Discussing implementation and evaluation criteria Related coaching and consulting posts Learning & Development Update: (..)

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Book review – Can we start again? The patterns of NLP applied to business interactions by Daryll Scott

Red Star Kim

– Kim Tasso July 2012 Conversation skills book review 3: Conversational intelligence (kimtasso.com) May 2023 An introduction to presentation skills – Easy as ABC (Video) (kimtasso.com) March 2022 Non-Verbal Communication (NVC) – the basics (Video) (kimtasso.com) August 2021 Dealing with resistance to change (kimtasso.com) March 2021 Book review: (..)

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Customer service definition, skills, and important principles for 2021

Zendesk

Technical skills are important, but soft skills matter, too. Here are the top customer service skills your customer service representatives need: Language and tone. Interpersonal skills. Collaboration skills. Interpersonal skills. Clear, effective communication with strong interpersonal skills.