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3 Critical Behaviors of Good Listeners

Humans instinctively want to share their experiences.  The more experienced a person, the fuller they are with ideas. Many people view Listening Skills to be of lesser consequence than articulation and focus on learning how they can present their own views more effectively. Good listening—the keen and orderly pursuit of probing and challenging the information […]

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What Are the 3 Obstacles to Overcome while Selecting Senior Executives?

Mediocre people occupying senior Leadership positions is one of the chief reasons for the fiasco and humiliation that organizations like Enron and WorldCom faced.  The practice of recruiting average people at the top is omnipresent and often goes unnoticed until the results begin to surface, which is typically too late for any intervention. Smart people […]

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Hard Skills Will Get You a Job, but Soft Skills Will Take You to the Top

My last article on Top IT Skills for a BA was liked and appreciated by many professionals.  I am back with the next one–this time, the article will discuss the soft skills that you need to nurture/hone your skill set as a Business Analyst professional. Soft skills though typically doesn’t come on the top skills people […]

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