Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Ive conducted some myself, including work on how trust is essential for leaders in cross-cultural business environments. Some takeaways for National Leadership Day Whether helming a business, a nonprofit or a local community initiative, leaders should recognize that being trustworthy isnt just a soft skill.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Still, I remember how it felt entering the workforce and the challenges of maturing within a nonprofit culture. These are all valuable skills, especially in a world where you get a fraction of a second to capture supporters attention. I have now worked for nonprofit organizations for nearly fifteen years. We had to learn it.

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APRIL 10, 2023

Some associations put power behind those words by quickly adopting strategies to expand gender, racial, cultural, demographic, and age distribution within their memberships as well as their leadership. That is a culture not easily replicated. Promoting an open forum where ideas are shared freely may require a change in culture.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Remember that famous quote from Peter Drucker, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” They make the cultural shifts that enable thinking and problem-solving in ways that are compatible with rapid change. It requires shifts in behavior and culture that may be unfamiliar and uncomfortable. And what do people fear most?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

One bit of wisdom is that like most skills, managing a remote team is both easier and more complicated than we could have imagined. These skills can now be put to use under less urgent circumstances. With limited access to body language, tone, and context, precise communication becomes an essential skill. How are you doing?

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The most challenging problems centered around culture. And our virtual communication skills were not up to the task of addressing those negative emotions. These five competencies are the core of the EI skill set. Self-awareness— is the ability to assess your own skills and to understand your personal emotional landscape.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Some of that adaptation will require higher educational attainment, or spending more time on activities that require social and emotional skills, creativity, high-level cognitive capabilities, and other skills relatively hard to automate.” A culture of education is exciting. Skill building is a way to discover hidden talent.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Introducing coaching into your culture is a good way to begin. Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption , she explained her commitment to skill-building like this. “My Winton also notes that this skill-based, collaborative model is the way millennials prefer to work. When we interviewed her for our book Association 4.0:

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Longstanding workplace issues such as mistreatment, the normalization of toxic behaviour and a lack of accountability for workplace culture have fuelled a growing trend known as revenge quitting. Creating a genuine sense of belonging can reshape workplace culture, boost engagement and overall business success.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Build the Human Skills AI and EI might seem to be an odd couple for any number of reasons. As a consultant, I’ve worked with associations of every description, and I’ve learned that the organizations that are most successful with digital transformation are also groups that value the human skills. In a recent Association 4.0

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Of course, it’s important to consider skills. The skill that got her promoted wasn’t balanced by the emotional readiness or sensitivity to undertake her new responsibilities. “The ability to understand and manage emotions of yourself and others is a critical life skill. The digital age is all about leadership.

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MARCH 11, 2024

In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. Hiring for skill is easy. There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. What’s tricky is how well individuals combine.”

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MARCH 25, 2024

The knowledge and skill to execute initiatives at a high level. With the exception of skill, these characteristics are more innate than teachable. If you are the CEO, you have the primary responsibility for creating a culture that promotes these positive attitudes. And a strong commitment to the mission and their teammates.

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MAY 14, 2024

They’re good at social skills like listening, empathy, and finding common ground. Empower— Provide staff, volunteers, and members with the skills and motivation to realize their potential as a team, an organization, and individuals. We can do this in a context that makes us stronger as a culture. AI is a superpower.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As a nonprofit executive director and founder working in this space for nearly two decades, I have firsthand knowledge of the cultural biases and systemic racism that often limit the success of Black-led nonprofits, especially those in the South.

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JUNE 19, 2024

The Intersection of Culture and Technology I’ve been writing and thinking a lot about the intersection of culture and technology and how softer skills support a healthy work environment. The intersection of technology and culture can support a healthy work environment. It’s all intertwined with culture.

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JUNE 24, 2024

Even before COVID-19, the rapid pace of technology and its impact on culture was upending traditional business models. The competitive landscape is crowded, the workforce has shifted, and digital skills are the norm. A diverse mix of skills and perspectives : Prioritize professional and organizational development.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

Value members cultural fit and ability to collectively produce results. Strive to create a culture that is at once both hard and soft simultaneously tough in driving for measurable results on a few highly visible targets and supportive of individuals to create an environment of collaboration, trust, and loyalty.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

At Zappos, this arrangement is designed to reflect the company’s values and culture. Gustavo Rasetti, CEO of Fearless Culture , describes Zappos relationship between culture and structure like this. Happiness is at the core of Zappos culture. If help is needed, assistance is available. That’s trust.

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Candid

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A diversity of skill sets is another consideration—some members may be good at fundraising or marketing, while others may be well-connected or able to provide specialized services. It can be difficult to ask longtime board members to move on in order to change the culture of an existing board.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Once you have your finalized wishlist, divide up sourcing responsibilities based on each committee member’s skills and connections. For instance, if you think it’ll take some negotiating for a nearby amusement park to contribute free or reduced-price tickets, put a board member with excellent negotiation skills in charge of securing those.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 8, 2025

Many organizations face resistance to change and rigid structures , rooted in a culture of adhering to traditional methods and relying on outdated processes, such as specific research methods, requests for proposals (RFPs), and typicaland at times wastefulprogram design. We think, feel, and work differently.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

If you want to buildand keepa world-class nonprofit finance team, you need to set a culture of transparency and learning that extends from the top. Your best-in-class finance team requires different levels of skills and experience depending on their role. A good finance team will help you stay where you are.

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MAY 6, 2024

The greatest benefit is ensuring that an organization’s processes, people, culture, and technology are in alignment with their strategic objectives. It’s also a chance to adjust processes, staff skill sets, and align with the future road maps of your technology partners.” Culture, strategy, and talent play important roles.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

That skill was invaluable to the space travelers. A good case could be made for calling it the skill set’s most important business asset. Digital empathy brings soft skills like compassion, respect, thoughtfulness, and kindness into technology and the design process. Empathy is one of the five characteristics that define EI.

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MAY 1, 2023

Integrating IT into the organization’s strategy and culture should be the new reality. I try to be very clear that no one is exempt from learning and mastering new skills.” Innovators and strategists complement each other’s skills and can work together to make the leap from ideas to processes. It’s a choice.”

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The plans inform key stakeholders of the mechanisms in place to ensure continuity and reassure them that their needs are still a priority, enhancing organizational culture, productivity, and teamwork. When you develop succession plans, you let the other organizational departments know they will not be lost during the transition.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Perhaps your organization is one of those tradition-bound groups with a history that has been a decades-long cast iron model for culture, governance, and operations. Providing tools that inspire teams to expand their horizons builds the culture of learning organizations need to succeed in the future.

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JUNE 10, 2024

To maximize that potential, it’s important to open space for newly acquired skills to grow and develop. When even one or two people bring these emotions to work, that negativity has the potential to spread like a virus and to sicken your culture. You need to encourage and embrace the group’s leadership skills.” “We

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Our research shows that people who know how others see them are more skilled at showing empathy and taking others’ perspectives. “ Discover Yourself Both views are important for leaders who want to create positive cultures and strong teams. Become an active listener by practicing these skills. Listen actively.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

My experiences in the firm have been focused on design on a global scale, practicing in different locations around the world, working with different cultures, different climates. I had stepped in on building a lot of our work around our people and culture. My background is definitely heavy in design and design-oriented technology.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

The third area is that they just don’t feel they’ve got the right level of training and skills internally. People on the all-hands call asked what we think about preserving the Splunk culture. Culture is basically an agreed-upon set of norms of how we’re going to work together.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Creating meaningful content is where human skills shine. Cloud-based collaboration platforms enable teams to work seamlessly from anywhere, fostering a culture of agility and responsiveness. Video conferencing tools and collaborative platforms enable seamless interactions among staff and members, fostering a sense of unity.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This representative should be dedicated to building lasting relationships with members and helping your organization fine-tune culture, products, and services to meet their changing needs. Promotes culture—maximizes the connection between shared values and customer loyalty.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Many of the characteristics we identified are the same skills that entrepreneurs use to grow start-up ventures. CEOs need to be courageous to cut through the noise and execute, whether it’s implementing a new program or evolving staff skill sets.” Value Talent Put people on the team who contribute to the culture.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries across the globe, and associations are no exception. As members expect more personalized and meaningful interactions, AI offers a transformative solution to customize engagement at scale.

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MARCH 28, 2023

We were living in the midst of cultural, technological, and economic instability long before the pandemic. In the past, resilience, like culture building, may have been viewed as a “soft” skill because the qualities that are involved don’t directly impact the bottom line. But, according to Sharon, leadership is the bottom line.

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