What Are Some of the Top Skills That Every Professional Should Have?

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Every professional can really benefit from sharpening these skilsyes, absolutely. Public speaking is a very low hanging fruit where some one can get a dramatic r o i from investing time and effort in becoming a better public speaker. Sales copy, which is different than regular writing, suasive salesCopy, is an incredibly valuable skill to have. I'm also partial to communicat s in general, given that i started my career as a marketing strategy consultant.

Dorie Clark reveals the critical skills that help us think long-term and set ourselves up for future success.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three barriers to long-term strategic thinking

2) The top two skills that make you indispensable

3) What to do when you’re stuck in a rut

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— ABOUT DORIE —

Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was honored as the #1 Communication Coach in the world at the Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Awards. She is a keynote speaker and teaches for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She is the author of Entrepreneurial You, which was named one of Forbes’ Top 5 Business Books of the Year, as well as Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine.

A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, Clark has been described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and consults and speaks for clients such as Google, Yale University, and the World Bank. She is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album, and a Broadway investor.

• Dorie’s book: The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World

• Dorie’s website: DorieClark.com

• Free assessment: The Long Game: Your Strategic Thinking Self-Assessment

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Executive Presence” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Lauren Leader-Chivée, Laura Sherbin, and Joanne Gordon with Fabiola Dieudonné

• Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

• Book: The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How To Master It by Walter Mischel

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