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Mental health and wellness are crucial aspects of our overall well-being, and it's equally important in the workplace.

An unhealthy work environment can lead to increased stress, anxiety, and burnout, affecting an individual's mental health.

On the other hand, a positive and supportive work environment can enhance one's mental wellness, leading to increased productivity, satisfaction, and happiness.

In this session, Tithi Soni (Tee) will talk about how important it is to focus on mental health and wellness in the workplace.

Let's learn how to prioritize self-care and create a supportive environment for each other 💪🏽

Come to this session and let's keep UpSkilling together!

Register on: www.upskillcommunity.com or through the link in bio.

*SAVE THE DATE*

See you at our first virtual Fireside Chat with Peter Wilken, author of Dim Sum Strategy, Bite-Sized Tools to Build Stronger Brands on October 20, 2022, from 7-8 pm EST.

Get on the list now before spots are gone. You will leave with clarity and confidence about your personal and business brand.

The registration link is in the bio. Limited spots available.

It is tempting to respond to feedback given to us, either with a sign of agreement or the shrug of disagreement.

But before you reach the final step of responding to feedback, you must go through the first 4 stages.

This process will help you work through strong emotions, missing dots and understanding the perspective of the person giving you feedback.

Read the blog to know more: https://upskillcommunity.com/10014-2/

This year we are intensifying our focus on UpSkilling Self Leaders.

It's important to focus on the types of skills you want to improve, the ones which will help you achieve your personal and professional goals.

And to do that, UpSkilling is a very important goal that needs to be on your goals list this year too.

Listen to this podcast episode to learn why UpSkilling is an important concept for you to focus on this year.

Listen and share part 4 of the UpSkill Talks skill series: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/upskill-talks/id1593459588

Visit upskillcommunity.com to learn more about us.

Reach out via DM or email and let us help shape your future as a self-leader.

Continuing our conversation and learning around skills and skill development, we now dive into the two broad categories of Soft Skills:

Intrapersonal Skills and Interpersonal Skills

In this episode, Michel clearly defines these two sets of soft skills and highlights the benefits of developing both.

It’s about using this combination of skills to get to know and better serve the needs of our diverse clients, customers, employees and other stakeholders.

While interpersonal skills play a critical role in our ability to build strong, meaningful, relationships, it's intrapersonal skills that help us to get to know ourselves better, so that we can move with confidence and make better decisions.

In a global economy with thousands of people with the same credentials, soft skills are the great differentiators.

Listen to the third part of this new series here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1849741/episodes/9803308

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Around the conversation of defining skills, the two areas we hear most about are...

Hard Skills and Soft Skills.

In this episode, Michel breaks these two areas down to help gain clarity on what they are, and how we use both of them.

Hard skills, also referred to as "technical", "functional" or "academic", often refer to WHAT you do. These skills are defined by your program of study and are not transferable to a new profession.

Soft skills, however, go by many names: People skills, emotional intelligence, employability skills and many, many more.

Thus, making these soft skills hard to define and measure, and quite often, hard to learn. Yet these are the skills that are transferable and increase your overall value across a wide range of roles and careers.

As Michel explains in this episode, we have been attempting to define soft skills for over a century. And while we all know they are important, the challenge we face as leaders is not just defining these skills, but learning to measure and implement with consistency.

This is why at Upskill Community, we are committed to ongoing soft skills training, learning and development.

Listen to the second part of this new series here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/upskill-talks/id1593459588

Visit upskillcommunity.com to learn more about us.

Reach out via DM or email and let us help shape your future as a leader.

There is so much talk around skills. Hard skills, soft skills, personal and interpersonal skills, and yes...Upskill.

Thus, it is very important to clearly define exactly what a skill "is" and what a skill "is not".

In this episode, the first of four new episodes to clearly define and level set skill-learning, Michel provides clarity and shares how to develop skills - a crucial and important process.

According to LinkedIn, there are over 50,000 professional skills. Since a leader cannot be expected to learn ALL of these skills in one lifetime, it is important to focus on the skills most important for us to be effective leaders.

In Michel's book, UpSkill: Soft Skills and Professional Development Essentials, obtaining a new skill is defined by the 4 D's - Decide, Design, Develop, Demonstrate. Using this process, with a clear investment of time, leaders have the opportunity to acquire new and important skills.

However, the most important part of skill learning is our focus and intention. We cannot expect to simply "absorb" new skills just going through the motions of our day.

To keep up with the ever-changing workplace environment, it is crucial to put intention around development, and have a clear process to learn new skills.

Listen to this first of a new series episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/upskill-talks/id1593459588

Learn more about us on upskillcommunity.com and grow your confidence as a leader.

UpSkill Talks is climbing the podcast chart in Canada!

Thanks so much for your support.

Please continue to listen, rate and share with others.

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What is worse: To be a great leader and assess yourself poorly?

Or, to be a mediocre leader and assess yourself as “great”?

As leaders, we must have the skill to see and assess ourselves clearly and accurately, so that we may lead most effectively.

In today’s episode, Michel shares the story of an experiment where leaders were asked to assess themselves as leaders. While the results varied, the end result was very few assessed themselves accurately.

Just like looking through a cloudy lens, when we try to “see” ourselves through this blurred vision, we don’t see what’s really there. And as discussed in this episode, it’s better to uncover who you are intentionally, than to have your cover blown unintentionally.

Listen to the full episode here: https://apple.co/3pVjR5x

Thank you for listening and sharing!

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Our Lead UpSkiller Michel Shah talks about how a number of factors influence and inform the feedback you receive and how you receive it.

Read the blog to learn in-depth about how to use Feedback Filtering Funnel as part of your toolkit to process the feedback you receive.

She also emphasizes 3 important points which help in filtering the feedback.

Read the blog here: https://upskillcommunity.com/use-the-feedback-filtering-funnel-to-clean-your-feedback/

Visit upskillcommunity.com to read the entire series on receiving feedback more effectively.

Congratulations to UpSkillers Class of Fall 2021 for successful completion of the Self Awareness for Leaders Micro Credential Course

The course was designed to give leaders the strategies and tools to be more effective at at making decisions, communicating, building relationships, controlling their own emotions, stress and producing results that matter to real people.

Now that we know who we are we and what our purpose is, we are better prepared to lead in this environment.

In the coming year, goals will be more meaningful because they will be aligned with a well thought our purpose.

It was a wonderful experience! 7+2 weeks of awesome conversations and collaboration.

Next season inside UpSkill Communication we explore Goal Setting, Goal Getting followed by Mastering Essential Communication across Cultures…

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