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Top six leadership qualities?

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Personally, I think emotional intelligence (EQ) – particularly self-awareness – and the art of communication to promote collaboration should be in the list. In this rapidly changing world, what would you consider the essential leadership qualities? The post Top six leadership qualities? appeared first on Kim Tasso.

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Soft skills revisited – with a leadership perspective

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So, it seemed appropriate to revisit the topic in the light of recent developments – the return to office working, the accelerating digital revolution, the escalating war for talent and the myriad other challenges facing the profession – all of which place huge demands on leaders. Whether digitally or in person. Digital body language.

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Telephone call challenges: Emotions, data, selling and follow up

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Some were fortunate to receive full details from the firm’s CRM supported by analytics showing digital activity and enquiry details. Others had little more than a name and telephone number. Where information was sparse it limited the amount of preparation that could be done.

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Leadership conversation skills: SCARF model of neuroscience in social interactions, collaboration and relationships

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(kimtasso.com) August 2023 Boosting Your Confidence at Work – A Toolbox for Success (kimtasso.com) July 2023 Conversation skills book review 3: Conversational intelligence (kimtasso.com) May 2023 Conversation skills book review 2 – How to talk to anyone: 92 little tricks (kimtasso.com) May 2023 Conversation skills book review (kimtasso.com) (..)

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

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One of the tips I did like was the need to check your emails for language – and whether it matched the preferred/lead mode of the recipient – as well as spelling and grammar.

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Research update on the most in-demand soft skills

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Diversity and inclusion (communicating for D&I) is covered well here Book review: Digital Body Language – How to build trust by Erica Dhawan (kimtasso.com) ). The authors suggest that more is done to systematically assess (e.g. Contact mpf@pmint.co.uk

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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

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Digital environment – Where people buy people, the challenge of forging strong personal relationships becomes more acute when most communications are managed through digital channels. This has changed the sales process fundamentally in many environments.