Listening Is an Overlooked Leadership Tool

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Picture from HBR

A great myth about leadership is that it requires being demanding and asking more of your staff through only giving direction. Melissa Daimler, head of Learning and Organizational Development of Twitter does not agree.

Here is her latest article on the Harvard Business Review talking about listening as a leadership tool. To learn more about leadership, you can considering making use of your SkillsFuture Credits to take a leadership course on LOOP.sg today.

Online Degree Units to Cut Tuition Fees

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Picture from BBC News

Online courses are poised to greatly reduce the costs of learning at great educational institutions. Read as universities in the UK delve into the latest development of adopting online courses into their curriculum. See the article.

The future of education is online. Why not take action today? Make the most of your SkillsFuture credits and start your life-long learning today with LOOP.sg!

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Uber Is Breaking All The Rules In Its $25 Billion Arms Race

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Picture from Forbes

Uber successfully raised money again. Every time you think Uber can’t raise any more money, it raises billions more.

So you probably know about Uber, one of the fastest developing tech companies in the world. You probably will be curious about how they’ve developed their app and its functions.

Actually not all apps need to be as complicated as UBER’s. Begin your first step by learning how to build your own, simple android or iOS app on Loop.sg!

iOS

Android

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The Road to Ultimate Productivity

You might be working 9 or more hours a day. But in fact, you’re probably just sitting in your office for most of that time. (But don’t let your boss agree with you on this!)

What is the amount of time that you’re really productive? Check out this fun info-graphic made by Samsung that shows several solutions to maximizing your time at work. Enjoy your Friday!

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Picture from Samsung

10 Time Management Secrets of Highly Productive People

 

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Picture from Entrepreneur

Are you a deadline fighter? Time Management has always been an issue bothering most people. How do you manage your time? Is it effective?

This article talks about 10 highly effective habits you can start doing to be better at managing time. If you want to do more, you can always take up a course on time management on LOOP.sg .

Loop.sg has a wide variety of courses available to help you make the most of your time for personal development.

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Outsmart Your Next Angry Outburst

 

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Picture from HBR

Have you ever gotten angry at your workplace and said something that you end up regretting later? How do you avoid misunderstandings when faced with stress?

Emotions are something everyone has and sometimes stress can bring out the worse in us. Check out the latest article in the Harvard Business Review on how to deal with your emotions.

And you can also take it a step further and start a course on LOOP.sg on How to Communicate Effectively .

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Singapore building new SkillsFuture platform

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Picture from GovInsider

Singapore is building a new SkillsFuture platform (see article), an integrated management system will be put in place in the back-end to facilitate inter-agency collaboration in the processing of applications. So look out for more exciting courses coming your way on LOOP.sg!

The new portal is expected to be launched THIS YEAR!! Using SkillsFuture services will be more desirable and easier. Visit us on LOOP.sg to start a course and make full use of your#‎SkillsFuture‬ Credit!

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The key to learning a new skill? Wanting it badly enough

 

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Picture from TheGuardian

Ever had a problem trying to find the drive to learn a new skill? Well, it may just be true. The best way to learn a new skill is to want it badly enough, which means finding the right reason to learn it.

Of course time, location and content are also critical to helping improve your ability to learn and that’s what we have at LOOP.sg. With our online learning courses, you’ll be able to either work quickly, or slowly if that’s your preference, on your course of choice and make sure you’re able to pick up your chosen skill in the best way possible.

So take heart that you’re not the only one who may not be able to learn something overnight, as long as you want it badly enough, there’s always a way. And LOOP.sg will be right there with you

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