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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences. 20 % of the project managers are familiar with Scrum, but there are very few product managers – less than 1% of all. Project/ Product Management.

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Can You Really Overhaul A Nation’s Customer Service Culture?

YoungUpstarts

But the competition in global tourism is intense, with the Maldives, Seychelles, Bali, Phuket, Jamaica, Bahamas, and many other locations offering sun and sandy beaches. Being a service role model is not just for senior managers and members of the leadership team. Model the behaviors you want to see. He is the founder of UP!

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How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Young Business Leaders

YoungUpstarts

First, guides demonstrate an acute sense of social intelligence : they are adept at understanding and managing emotion and are able to swiftly build, and maintain, positive relationships – relationships that don’t fracture easily under the pressure of tough conditions and adversity. Guide Jack Tackle says, “My number one job is safety.

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