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Why Effective Communication Skills Are Important
Effective communication skills, personalized per situation, are crucial in both personal and professional lives, helping to build relationships, resolve conflicts, and achieve goals. Various styles include passive, aggressive, assertive, passive-aggressive, and empathetic communication. Improve these skills by practicing clear and concise speech, active listening, consistent nonverbal communication, appropriate communication channels, and giving full attention. Successful…
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How Training My Child In Competitive Sports Transformed My Leadership Style
Being a people manager is not an easy job, and motivating employees is one of the most challenging aspects of the role. As a parent, I found myself facing similar challenges when it came to motivating my child in competitive sports. However, the lessons I learned while coaching my child have proven invaluable in my…
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Balancing Parenting and Career: How to Make It Work as a Working Mother
I have a split personality – I am a professional woman with a career in the tech industry, and I am also a mother to an 8-year-old. Balancing my responsibilities at home with the demands of my job gets challenging, but following some well-intentioned advice from some famous parents (Indra Nooyi, Michelle Obama, Gwyneth Paltrow)…
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Is there a thing as “Innate Talent”?
The other day I watched a movie named King Richard. It is the story of Richard Williams, the father of two Tennis prodigies – Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Richard had decided even before Venus and Serena were born that his daughters will be world champions in Tennis. He wrote an 85 page plan to…