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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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What can we do to ensure they have the skills to understand a challenging landscape and make the wise decisions needed for success? Lately, I’ve been speaking and writing about the importance of emotional intelligence and how the softer skills add a critical dimension to digital initiatives. How do we bring novice players up to speed?

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

How do you go about developing the technology skills of your staff? In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority.

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Investing in Growth: Leaders’ Professional Development Plans

The NonProfit Times

Nonprofit leaders need to commit to a mindset of continuous learning and professional development to remain relevant and effective in their current roles. Here are five reasons for investing in personalized professional development for leaders and strategies to support your professional journey.

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EI Helps Teams Use Technology to Fly

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They collaborated with popular franchises, developed video games and apps, and created products for adults. Support Adaptation Emotional intelligence offers a path to support teams and helps them acquire the skills to become digitally proficient. Lego is another company that has consistently expanded its business model.

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Lead From the Human Side of Technology

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Although leadership courses may be part of more recent IT management degrees, relationship building is a skill that requires commitment and practice. If you feel as though your job would be perfect—if you could just eliminate the people, consider taking steps to improve your interpersonal skills. It’s the Golden Rule with a twist.

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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“In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. Then you need an environment that maximizes individual talents while allowing groups to work successfully together. Hiring for skill is easy. I’ve seen it happen.

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Often, these relationships develop informally. How can we support women, people of color, and other minorities in achieving leadership roles? In fact, promoting mentoring throughout all your organizational activities is probably a more effective strategy than developing a stand-alone program. Most mentorships begin with bonding.

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