Soft Skills Insights

Can critical thinking be learned? This question stands at the core of most of the world’s educational systems with significant and obvious implications for the business world. In fact, many would argu...

In the quest for happiness, you may not think to look for ways to boost your productivity. In fact, productivity can sometimes be associated with a rushed, task-focused way of life, devoid of fun and ...

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With holidays around the corner, there’s a fair chance you are telling yourself some version of this: “If I can just get to the holidays, everythin...

To be a good manager, you must be capable of wielding a large number of management tools as you carry out these four primary responsibilities:

1. Thought/idea management
2. People/team management
3. Proje
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Feedback is critical for growth and professional development. Feedback provides the roadmap that guides your development efforts and energy. For managers, upward feedback is just as critical as top-do...

The average professional has just 28 minutes per week to focus on their development (1% of their workweek). In this limited time, you must choose between 5,000 courses on LinkedIn Learning and 32,000 ...

Microsoft Japan’s experiment with a 4-day workweek has garnered a lot of attention for its seemingly astounding results: a 40 percent increase in productivity. Yet, Microsoft isn’t the only one to boa...

Attendees at our online intensive training, How to Become the Best Critical Thinker in Your Workplace, asked several thought-provoking questions. The following is recordings of Zarvana CEO Matt sharin...

Are you ever asked: “What do you think we should do?” and find yourself without an intelligent response? Have you ever wondered why some people get asked all the time for their advice on topics they l...

Critical thinking is one of the most in-demand soft skills, but it can be difficult to see how important it is on a day-to-day basis without going through a real-life critical thinking example. In the...

The modern professional must be very intentional about their own development. In today’s rapidly evolving economy, the “half-life of many professional skills” is just 2.5 to five years. At the same ti...

Many hard-working professionals think: “If I can just get to my vacation, then everything will be ok.” But thinking vacations or holidays are how to recover from burnout is like thinking fasting for a...