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IACC Set Sights on Creative Innovation During Knowledge Exchange

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She is eager to get back in the market and put the skills to work in the field. The connections with coworkers is hard to do on a Zoom call; I missed in-person during Covid,” she said. You can’t learn to drive in a parked car,” she said. Student Kemmia Ghodrat advised potential employers to promote their social justice work.

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News for Professionals: Career Advice and Ideas

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Over-responsibility can be a hard habit to break because helping others makes us feel good: We feel competent, reduce our stress, and avoid conflict. 3 Soft Skills Required to Compete in Today’s Post-Pandemic Workplace. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you.

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Learning to Listen

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We think of speaking as a desirable skill to be honed but we tend to equate listening with more of a mechanical activity — but hearing and listening are not the same. And while it may be a “softskill like empathy, it’s hard — really hard — to learn, says listening coach and educator Sandra Bodin-Lerner.

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IMEX Frankfurt preview: The science of kindness and inclusion

MPI

A chat with Janet Sperstad, CMP (MPI Wisconsin Chapter), faculty director, event management business solutions at Madison College, about her IMEX Frankfurt session “The human nature of kindness: Explore the hard science behind the soft skill,” a part of the event’s inclusivity-focused AVoice4All education.

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Q&A: U.S. Travel Association’s New Meetings Executive

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So, take the time necessary to develop the hard and soft skills in your team and your product will thrive. But when you invest in people through thoughtful individual development, leadership training, and clear strategic goals, the work your people can accomplish becomes easier, more efficient, and even fun.

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How to Hire Post-Covid Event Experience Producers

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When looking for new hires now, the hard skills have evolved. You find this in their soft skills. We would be artists in a new medium. Painters that paint with a new brush. And from that lens, Covid catapulted our work into the future. New Job Descriptions. It’s the time when new roles are born out of necessity.

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Does Leading With Empathy Mean You’re a Pushover?

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Let’s pick up where we left off, at the point where they dispute the notion that cultivating soft skills makes you a soft leader. McGowan: Just because you have empathy doesn’t mean you can’t make hard decisions. If somebody’s going through something that’s a hard time, that’s not forever, that’s for that period of time.