by Amrit & Loralyn There they are – middle managers, trapped in the heart of the corporate battlefield. They are not mere foot soldiers but renegades. As middle managers, they are forced to navigate…
By Amrit & Loralyn These days, the world is weird and wonky. Earth has become a tough place to navigate. The spikey little virus wreaked havoc on just about every paradigm and social norm…
Cancer will test your resilience and grit unlike anything else – even entrepreneurship can seem comparatively easy versus beating cancer. It all begins with a positive attitude, mindfulness, and gratitude.
Entrepreneurship requires vision, leadership, and resilience. These are all essential soft skills that complement the idea, the passion, and the purpose behind the “Why” of the startup.
We all need to rise to the call to action to do more for each other. For society. And for our planet. Especially now, in this why-isn’t-it-over-yet phase of COVID: people are having a hard time with the incessant uncertainty and the spikey virus’ insatiable appetite for destruction.
Everyone debates if we should call them soft skills or essential skills or human skills or people skills – but nobody debates how skills like critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and communication are for success in interviewing and building interpersonal relationships.
Adult temper tantrums are on the rise. Even celebrities like Zayn Malik, Gigi Hadid, and Yolanda Hadid are reportedly experiencing them. COVID has created so much stress for all of us – we need to readjust to the new world order and increase our own self-awareness and self-agency to ensure everyone has a safe place to work.
Employee engagement is at an all time low of 36%. More than half of all workers are actively searching to switch jobs. Employers are losing billions annually but there are engagement strategies, like professional development in soft skills and leadership, that can make a difference.
People debate if you should call them social skills or soft skills, but skills like communication and networking have gotten rusty with COVID. Here are tips to improve them.
by Eleanor I’m an intern attending graduate school. Over the past year we have all witnessed the switch from in-person classes to online learning. Regular classrooms were traded in for zoom sessions, in person communication…