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

Red Star Kim

For events , one delegate asked about LinkedIn Events | LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and whether others experienced problems with bots and a lack of control over who registers. Others asked about platforms for event invitations. Finding ways to meet with people in real time (such as at social events) can help.

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Conversation skills book review 2 – How to talk to anyone: 92 little tricks for big success by Leil Lowndes (1999, 2017)

Red Star Kim

Whether it’s for confident or commercial conversations as part of the networking skills toolkit or part of relationship building or sales conversations. I often wonder whether the perceived conversation skills gap was caused by the imposed isolation during the Covid lockdowns or a by-product of the digitisation of communications.

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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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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

Digital environment – Where people buy people, the challenge of forging strong personal relationships becomes more acute when most communications are managed through digital channels. Sales skills There are numerous inventories of what selling skills and qualities are needed.

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Forging a Career in Insurance Sales — The Complete Guide

Hubspot Sales

You can do this by joining social media groups like the Insurance Professionals on LinkedIn or by attending networking events. Sites like Eventbrite and Patch.com help you find local insurance events to socialize with other agents, share your marketing strategy, and refer business to each other.

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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

Red Star Kim

It’s worth touching on some related skills : Facilitating Essentially, facilitation is about making communication, interaction, collaboration or learning easier. Coaches and consultants use facilitation skills. 77% Good 15% OK 8% Poor Which consulting skill do you most need to develop?

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AI-Enhanced Leadership: Maximizing Potential with Intelligent Tools

MDI Training

As a leader, for example, I could train with an AI to practice non-violent communication and receive individual feedback and explanations. As AI can increasingly take on content-related tasks , the focus of leaders in the 21st century is shifting away from pure specialist knowledge towards interpersonal skills.