Communication

Soft skills for your resume: list, examples and how to prove them

The 10 soft skills employers ask for most, how to turn them into proof on your resume and in interviews, and which training format actually builds them.

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Influence

Public speaking course online: how to choose the right format

In person, video, coaching, practice groups or a simulator: what each public speaking course format gives you and how to combine them to speak with ease.

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Essential leadership

Leadership training: in person, video course or simulator?

In person, video, coaching or simulator: which leadership training format fits your team, your schedule and what you actually need to practice.

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Productivity

Time management techniques compared: Pomodoro, Eisenhower, GTD

Six time management techniques side by side, with their pros, their limits and how to combine them into a system that works for you.

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Sales

Sales techniques compared: SPIN, consultative, challenger and more

SPIN, consultative selling, AIDA, challenger, storytelling… Compare 7 sales techniques, each with a quick example, and find the one that fits what you sell.

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Sales

Sales prospecting channels compared: phone, email or LinkedIn

Cold calls, email, social selling, referrals or events: compare the main sales prospecting channels and build a simple sequence to start more conversations.

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Health and wellbeing

Emotional intelligence training: what to look for and how to choose

The five components good emotional intelligence training should cover, the formats compared and how to choose based on your situation.

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Sales

Negotiation styles compared (and how to ask for a raise)

Competing, collaborating, accommodating, avoiding or compromising: what each style wins and what it risks. Plus a practical guide to asking for a raise.

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Networking

Personal branding: LinkedIn, your own website or events?

LinkedIn, your own website or events: what each channel does for your personal brand, how much time it takes and how to split your hours based on your goal.

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Artificial intelligence

EU AI Act and AI literacy training: what companies must do

Article 4 of the EU AI Act asks businesses that use AI to support their team's AI literacy. What that means for a small business, your training options and how to keep records.

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Teamwork

Nonviolent communication at work: the 4 steps with examples

Observation, feeling, need and request: how to use Marshall Rosenberg's method at work, with tense workplace phrases rewritten step by step.

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Influence

Elevator pitch template: how to introduce yourself in 30 seconds

A four-part template, three examples to adapt and how to tweak your elevator pitch for events, interviews, LinkedIn messages and client calls.

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Communication

Active listening training: techniques and exercises that work

Paraphrasing, open questions, summarizing, reflecting emotions, silence and not interrupting: six active listening techniques with real examples and exercises to practice them.

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Health and wellbeing

Imposter syndrome at work: signs, causes and how to beat it

How to spot imposter syndrome at work, why it shows up and which habits help you build real professional confidence.

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Productivity

SMART goals examples for work (and how to actually hit them)

Twelve SMART goals examples for your career, how SMART compares with OKRs, WOOP and habit-based goals, and how to actually hit them.

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Teamwork

Critical thinking examples at work (and how to build the skill)

From questioning a metric to catching your own biases: real critical thinking examples at work, plus six exercises to build the skill.

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Productivity

Professional development goals: examples and a 12-month plan

How to set professional development goals in five steps, with examples and a 12-month plan that mixes skills from several categories.

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Change management

Resilience at work: how to build it, step by step

What resilience at work means, what it isn't and seven steps to build it when change and setbacks hit.

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Productivity

Decision-making skills: 6 techniques to decide better

Weighted matrix, pros and cons, 10/10/10, premortem, six thinking hats and one-way vs. two-way doors: when to use each technique and how to combine them.

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Artificial intelligence

Jobs AI can't replace (and the skills that keep you hireable)

Judgment, empathy, creativity, persuasion and leadership: the skills AI can't replace, how to train them and where to start future-proofing your career.

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