Soft skills are key to a successful career no matter your field or industry. Without them, you’ll fail.
Client, team, manager & company-wide relationships can make/break your success, performance and impact. Up your soft skills game (especially teamwork)—it will make a massive difference in your career trajectory.
The two key areas that are the root cause for 100% of your next career challenge are rooted in soft skills: self-awareness and teamwork (or team building).
Proactively focuses on these areas and you’ll significant results in 90 days or less. You’ll get promoted and stand out in your career because these areas are the most overlooked and least developed skills.
Here’s just a few data points behind it.
95% of people think these are self-aware, but only 10-15% are.
75% of work is done collaboratively. But 70%+ are dysfunctional. 86% of executives say project failure is due to two main reasons: poor communication and teamwork.
70% of Employees Report Lack of Mastery of Skills Required in Their Current Job. That should indicate both hard and soft skills need attention and focus.
Typically, soft skills are a much higher priority. Teamwork is the number one soft skill that is the least understood and has the most impact day-to-day. 75% of work is done through collaboration, but 70% of teams are dysfunctional. 86% of the project/goal failures are due to lack of communication and collaboration.
When I sit down with organizations to develop and implement training it’s amazing how quickly you see results and increased performance, teamwork, engagement along with a reduction in conflict and turnover.
What’s your training and development plan for 2019-2020?
Are focusing on the right areas? (Here are five key areas: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/7FFEFEA8-12EB-11E9-BDC3-ED774D018C33)
How are you measuring it? Engagement surveys are helpful, but that’s just one small step. There are other methods that are more critical and informative.
There is a reason 99% of organizations are underperforming. The above is one reason why.
You can take quick steps to increase bottom line metrics without breaking the bank.
PS: If you have any training and development, I help organizations build out their plan, process and conduct training. Feel free to reach out for a quick consultation.
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How do you build the highest performing and most engaged teams? Step 1 is building extreme trust. There is no step 2 if you don’t that. How? Vulnerably share experiences, values & other information in groups skyrockets trust in minutes. You create psychological safety and unbreakable chemistry by learning important information the closest person in your life doesn’t know.
Watch below and see what happens between strangers at SHRM HR Regional Conference I spoke at in Minneapolis.
You can learn more at jasontreu.com and get a free game you can use, Cards Against Mundanity. 12,000+ employees use it to significantly increase performance, teamwork and communication. Works with customers the same.
How does trust between team members translate to better communication and higher performance? And how can you translate your trust-building skills to your sales calls in order to build rapport quickly?
Listen to me discuss how to build it quickly with team members and in sales with prospects (and customers) on the Predictable Prospecting Podcast:
To explore these questions and more, Jason Treu joins today’s podcast episode. Jason is an executive coach who works with teams to help them build trust and communication skills and increase performance. He’s also the author of the book Social Wealth. Listen in to hear what Jason has to say about the top issues in the sales industry today, how to turn a team into a cohesive unit, and how to build rapport in the first few minutes of a phone call.
Episode Highlights:
The top issues Jason sees in the industry today
The importance of hiring
Whether any type of team can be turned into a cohesive team
Where to start in building a trust mindset
The trust-building process
Building rapport in the first few minutes of a call
Jason’s book, Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships By Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network
What can be done to start getting teams to high performance
