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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference and Which Do I Need to Build?

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But to advance over time and lead the IT department, you will want to develop the soft skills required for project management and team leadership. Attend workshops and seminars. Read the best personal development books. How to build hard skills A degree is no longer enough in today’s rapidly-changing, high tech climate.

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Professional Development for Executive Assistants

Worxbee

You’ll find them engaging in project management, process management, strategic research, reporting and a range of dynamic, managerial functions. Project management. There are many options for project management professional development. Do courses need to be booked or online events signed up for?

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How to Become a Certified Coach

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In 2018, my Uncle Bill bought me the book Vladimir Putin: Life Coach. Coaches will use tools like visualization, assessments, stories, breathing and mindfulness exercises, project management software and paper-based exercises, emotional releasers, mantras, and on and on. Read books. Yes, you can do this.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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Her true passion, however, was the personal growth and development workshops, seminars and programs that taught her to dream and opened new worlds of possibility for her life. Maxwell and Rob Hoskins’ book and mandate to do and help and partner with people to change your world. . They are both influenced by John C. Amy Astaraee.

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The Most Important Trait To Boost Your Productivity

Productivityist

To receive a free copy of the Career Advancement Toolkit, join the Project Management Hacks email newsletter. For example, want a book contract with a major publisher? I decided to start reading books and newspaper articles about the industry. Here are three suggestions that provide low cost learning: Books.

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Best Ways to Boost Morale or Motivation - Make Sure to Add Yours!

Stephanie LH Calahan

  One of my favorite resources back then was a book called 1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson Ph.D.    [link]   When I would get a new manager on my team, I'd encourage them to flip through the book and flag items that appealed to them.  The "I Love Me" Book.

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve attended numerous seminars in leadership, time management, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, meeting planning, event planning, and disaster recovery planning (Joan Eisendot and her website are fantastic resources) as well as is Tyler Davidson at Meetings Focus magazine/website, and freely shared the knowledge with my peers and anyone who asked.

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