Personal Skills

Every smart entrepreneur knows social media is the biggest opportunity – and the biggest risk – to every business. Consumers and employees now have a platform to share their opinions and experiences about a company or brand. While social media can be good for growing business and attracting new customers, it can also expose the business to negative publicity and criticism, affecting reputation and brand equity. If business owners are able to handle negativity effectively through good use of social media platforms, they could help protect the brands from damages of all types. Why is Online Reputation Management important to

“Your Network is your Net Worth” Networking is no longer a new concept in our lives and work. However, building relationships often takes place naturally, making us not really pay attention to this skill and the opportunities it can bring. In this article, we will explore ways to improve Networking skills and apply this skill to further development in life and career. Networking is the key to your needs According to a LinkedIn survey, 85% of job vacancies are attributed to Networking. This shows that Networking is, first of all, able to develop your job search opportunities, and the ability

Leadership is beyond leading and managing people, it has to begin with managing yourself. Self-management, sometimes described as emotional intelligence, builds on the basis of self-awareness and is the ability to understand and control their emotions as well as the way they respond to those emotions. It is a fundamental requirement for empowering people and organizational success in an economy of rapid changes. Manage yourself before you try to manage anyone else. What is self-management and why does it matter to leaders? Self-management is the utmost important skill that everyone, especially leaders, should build and develop, yet it is often

In the meanwhile, leaders from all over the world are starting to communicate more often with their employees. However, with cultures having different codes of conduct, building trust among individuals to work together is also quite difficult. So the question is: “How to build cross-cultural trust between individuals when working together?”. After group interviewing with more than 400 senior managers in the US, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, there are some reasons to believe that three things which make up a trust relationship are: Positive and rightful mindsets, Understanding the context that affects colleagues, Acquiring the importance of

Today’s leaders are aware of the corporate culture that is a type of corporate asset that they need to take care of and maintain. The problem is, they often do not receive careful guidance on how to properly build a corporate culture. Sometimes, well-known senior managers do not really create a connection between them and their subordinates to solve business problems. This relatively large gap appears when there is a difference between the leader’s knowledge about problems his subordinate interested in and the actual cultural reality of the business. Fortunately, it is not difficult to narrow this gap if the

In the last few years, finding leaders’ innovative and creative talents has become an arms race. In order to attract the best and smartest people, whether young or old, companies need to seek answers to questions that come from the practicalities of daily life about the value of human activity at work. Since then, the definition of “Good work” was born. The “Good Work” that people desire must include the following two values: learning valuable experiences and desires to contribute to employees’ own values to their companies. Today, how do people define “good work“? First of all, it is considered

“Good leaders persuade, not manipulate.” The ability to persuade people is an extremely powerful skill for every entrepreneur, especially executives who want to strengthen relationships and earn trust and support from their stakeholders. Dr. Robert Cialdini, author of the book “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion” (1984) illustrates 6 key principles of persuasion that all managers should apply in their organizations. By mastering these principles, executives could successfully influence people and drive them toward shared goals.    1. Liking Research has shown that factors such as similarity and praise are the key to influence people. An executive should take time to