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Digital age workplace: Why soft skills matter more than ever

BMT Office Administration

An example of a soft skill would be problem-solving. Excelling at finding answers to complicated problems is a skill that’s valuable in any workplace, and it’s a hallmark of soft skills. This means employers now rely on core soft skills like problem-solving, effective communication, and teamwork.

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Sustainable Leadership: Incorporating Recognition into Long-term Business Strategies

Vantage Circle

This disparity between sustainability objectives and employee recognition is more than a small oversight; it is a significant problem at the core of many business plans. While striving for long-term sustainability, they unintentionally damage their efforts through traditional recognition processes.

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Beyond AI Automation: How the Best Companies Use AI to Augment Employee Capabilities

Great Place to Work

It’s using AI to handle routine tasks, provide insights, and help employees make better decisions, so they have more time to focus on creative problem-solving and strategic thinking. This allows agents to identify potential challenges early and preemptively solve them, thereby focusing on the empathetic aspects of customer service.

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How to Increase Your Impact at the Office—and Why It’s So Important

Success

For engineers, this might be solving complex technical debt issues rather than fixing minor bugs. Solve problems that others don’t see The highest-impact employees identify and solve problems before they become apparent. Build a cross-functional network Your impact multiplies when you help others succeed.

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Cultivating Intrapreneurship: HR’s Role in Employee Innovation

Attendance Bot

Instead of looking only at leadership behaviors, start identifying: Problem spotters: Employees who regularly flag inefficiencies and propose ideas to improve them. Innovation sprints: Short-term, cross-functional teams tasked with solving one specific internal problem.

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Why we need to tear down the ‘paper ceiling’ to build a workforce for the future

Work Life

As someone deeply involved in mentoring and development, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative power of this approach. Accomplishing this involves embedding new practices within an organization, such as developing skill-specific assessments or interview techniques that capture problem-solving capabilities in the real world.

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The most surprising workplace trends of 2025 (so far)

Work Life

Olivia Dufour , Founder, Olivia Dufour Consulting Intergenerational Mentoring Circles Bridge Skill Gaps The uptick in intergenerational mentoring circles is one of my favorite emerging workplace trends for 2025. Intergenerational mentoring fosters more cohesive and adaptable teams while enhancing retention across all age groups.