If someone asked you to say what the basics of good leadership are, what would you tell them? Perhaps you’d use phrases like “having integrity,” “inspiring people,” “leading from the front,” and a whole range of other phrases besides that. Good leadership involves many different attributes, but there are common factors that link many of […]
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Creativity
Exercising your creative thinking skills is a critical part of life, no matter the field you work on. According to Alves et al, (2005), creativity can in a simple way be identified as the generation of ideas whereas innovation implies the transformation of these ideas into a new product or service for someone to buy […]
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Strategic planning: analysis and evaluation, creating solutions and projecting outcomes
To what extent does a person’s life, activities and decisions depend on himself? As much as he manages his own life properly, says dr. Janina Radvilė, PMP, Lithuanian couch and lector on management of individual’s life. Despite numerous descriptions, strategic planning of personal career can be described as a process of sequential steps, during which […]
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Performing under pressure
The term “performing under pressure” is usually mentioned in professional life but we may also have to perform under pressure in our personal life. We might come across performance under pressure, when we lack the expertise or knowledge required to complete a task (Bigelow, 2019). Performing under pressure requires effective emotional management, so that feelings, […]
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Giving clear feedback
„Knowing what your strengths are is the most important thing an individual can know about himself or herself. “ Peter F. Drucker, management thinker Feedback is probably one of the most difficult and sensitive processes in interpersonal communication. ‘It is easy to hurt people with criticism, but false compliments are also unhelpful. P. F. Drucker […]
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Supervising and Mentoring
Mentorship is described as a dedicated relationship whereby a senior or more experienced person provides advice, counselling, and development opportunities to shape the career experience of a junior person through both career and psychological support (Eby, 1997). Mentoring can bring about a range of benefits for low qualified adults, such as improved relationships, increased communication […]
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Empowerment and Motivation
Empowerment is suggested to encompass individual goals (e.g., ability, autonomy, control and self-efficacy) and acts as a process for personal development (Hansson and Björkman, 2005); in addition, it is defined as a process through which people gain greater control over decisions and actions, set new goals and develop of methods and strategies to reach the […]
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