7 key body language tips for leaders

Have you ever considered what does your sitting style or your voice tone say, or what message do you send when you cross your arms? Mastering body language can have an effect not only on social occasions, but also on your brain!

Through this article you are going to understand how to get the most out of your body language to enhance leadership, or even how to ‘read’ another person’s postures and gestures; an amazing skill everyone wishes to have!

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Why soft skills are more important than ever

Technical skills or in other words hard skills aren’t necessarily hard to acquire. They can be easily taught, and can be learned and improved over time. But non-technical skills known as “soft skills,” such as teamwork, effective communication, leadership, time management, and flexibility are highly valued in the modern workplace. In comparison to hard skills’, soft skills are more challenging to develop, since they have little to do with knowledge or expertise. According to a report issued by...

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Dos and Dont’s when writing business e-mails

Business emails have a very specific style. They are professional but brief and should include enough information to allow a complete response.  According to a report published by McKinsey Global Institute, employees spend around 28% of their working day on reading and replying emails. While we send a lot of emails, this does not necessarily mean that they are effective. Writing better business emails is vital and the following key tips aims to walk you through an improved overall...

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Which is the one ‘must-have’ skill for leaders?

While there have been cases of “born leaders”, leadership is not a typically inborn talent; it is a skill and skills can be acquired by learning. If there is some natural predisposition, work is easier, but, either way, leadership is a complex skill and the task of selecting efficient from inefficient leaders seems challenging. In the first issue of its Soft Skills edition focusing on leadership, SAFETY4SEA asked leaders across the shipping industry to answer to the following question:

If you...

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Leadership at sea: What makes a great Captain

Leadership, as a special component of safe operations at sea, is a skill resulting from a complex combination of mindset characteristics which can be learned, argues Capt. VS Parani, naming the key features he believes to be the most critical for a great leader at sea.

Leadership is an art, a skill, a discipline, and a mind-set, all of which can be learned, and improved with practice.

The captain, chief engineer, or a department head are not the only leaders on a ship. Every mariner is a leader!...

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Why do people quit their leaders?

While there is not an ‘one-size-fits-all’ recipe for successful leadership, there are some key points that may indicate poor leadership; and, most times, reflected on the aftermath of an adverse event or an unexpectedly positive outcome.

In corporate leadership, for example, cultivating a real engagement of the staff is a prerequisite to success for an organization. When people just come and go, an organization is unable to maintain value, to hold a clear plan of goals and ways to achieve them.

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Top 10 challenges for young leaders

Being a leader is a challenging thing to do, especially in today’s cognitive-oriented society and the world of new technologies, that seem to transform every aspect of thinking, requiring new skills and abilities for sustainability.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things,

-Ronald Reagan.

Millennials, born between early 80s and mid-90s, continue to fill leadership roles in the workplace, while by...

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Diversity in leadership; a new connection is born

What comes first in mind when you think about leadership? Power, motivation, high status? Well, they are a part of leadership, but very often we forget one vital part; diversity. Today, we are experiencing the first steps of increased diversity in the workplace, as people are starting to realize that maybe we are more similar than we think, and anyone should get a job based only on their abilities. In this article we explore the nature of diversity withing the workplace.

So, what a company...

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5 Online Soft Skills Courses For Maritime Professionals

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Good grades won’t guarantee you a promising career.

You might have topped the class from a prestigious university, worked your a#@ off, aced the interview, and even worked with the best company in your field…

…And yet, you won’t be anywhere near to the professional success you think you deserve.

Why?

Because in today’s world, along with your hard skills your soft skills are equally important to get you a successful career.

According to a study, these days, more than 60% of employers look for soft...

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