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November 02 Talent and SkillsGet Real, Get Ahead I keep sharing summaries of articles that I found important and useful for personal development. In the BusinessWeek issue dated May 14, 2007, Suzy and Jack Welch answered a question about core qualities essential for professional advancement. Q: The modern marketplace demands that people possess a wide range of skills. But what core qualities are truly essential to career advancement, regardless of industry or job? A: ...The most powerful thing you can do to get ahead is, well, be real. As in grappling, sweating, laughing, and caring. As in authentic. ...Now, we're not saying that authenticity is the only quality you need for professional advancement. To succeed in today's competitive global marketplace, * You also have to be smart, curious, and highly collaborative. * You have to be able to work with diverse teams and ignite them as a manager to excel together. * You need heaps of positive energy, the guts to make tough yes-or-no decisions. * You need the endurance to execute – get the job done. * You do have to possess self-confidence and humility at the same time. That combination is called maturity. We would also add two other qualities to the must-have list. 1) Heavy-duty resilience, a requirement because anyone who is really in the game messes up at some point. The most successful people in any job always - own their failures, - learn from them, - regroup, and then - start again with renewed speed, vigor, and conviction. 2) The ability to see around corners, to anticipate the radically unexpected. It takes years, and even decades, to get a feel for what competitors are thinking and what product or service customers will eventually want. The sooner you develop this acumen, and the more you hone it, the farther you will go. In time, though, if you have everything else you need in terms of talent and skill, your humanity will come to be your most appealing virtue to an organization. Your team and your bosses will know > who you are in your soul, > what kind of people you attract, and > what kind of performance you want from everyone. Your realness will make you accessible; you will connect and you will inspire. You will lead. TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://sevitaviloglu.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C6E0A694EB4011C8!128.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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