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Digital age workplace: Why soft skills matter more than ever

BMT Office Administration

As a result, new technologies, like generative AI tools, are popping up everywhere ( 65% of companies have already adopted them), and most employees are scrambling to acquire the technical skills required to use them. An example of a soft skill would be problem-solving. This transition is still ongoing for many. Why is that?

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How to Position Your Disability as a Benefit at Work

Success

As a result of my speech disability, I once faced discrimination from a potential employer who said they would “never hire someone who stutters to be in a sales role.” Their experiences can foster empathy, creativity, problem-solving skills and resilience that can benefit the entire workplace.

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How to Deliver Stand-Out Employee Training and Development

Insperity

Mobile learning or m-learning delivers training to mobile technology-savvy employees on their handheld devices. Gamification training uses game mechanics to engage your employees and help them change behaviors, learn new skills, innovate or solve problems. Best for: Problem solving, motivating people and promoting learning.

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Creating a not-so-formal leadership development program

Insperity

An employee with a diverse skill set has a greater ability to solve problems, build teams and improve productivity – all benefits to your company. Do a few of your in-house customer service reps need to learn the art of outside sales and contract negotiations? Training vs. development. Who gets developed?

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Business process improvement: 6 smart steps to contain costs

Insperity

After all, you’re working hard to keep your business going and growing, often wearing multiple hats just to survive the day, make the next sale or launch the next product. Look for faster, more accessible technology that saves steps and solves more problems. Make a list of the problems you want to solve.

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Hiring for diversity vs. skill sets: How do you find a balance?

Insperity

What sales leads are you missing because your team is made up of members of only one part of your community? Did your engineering team fail to identify a problem because they’re all from one college and didn’t learn about a particular technology? Are visible tattoos truly a problem?

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5 reasons to cultivate strategic business partnerships

Insperity

Partnering with large associations, agencies or industry experts is a good way to shorten your go-to-market life cycle and possibly your sales cycle as well. Provide an incremental lift to enterprise sales and revenue. Create predictable revenue streams. Different partnerships to serve different needs.