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          1. Team building and team management                delegation means striking a balance between
          Achieving a business goal often begins with         freedom and responsibility. Your employees
          the ability to select and manage an efficient       and teams should be given adequate freedom
          team. Knowing how to choose the most                to accomplish tasks, but also the responsibility
          appropriate team, assign tasks and motivate         and accountability of achieving desired results
          your workers can result in your employees           within deadlines.
          performing at peak levels. The better you are
          at team management and team building, the           4. Leadership
          more able your team will be to perform as a         This is a key skill of any astute business
          harmonious unit and work unitedly towards a         person. As your business grows, you will likely
          common cause.                                       need to hire people and be able to provide
                                                              them with a vision and mission as well as
          2. Communication                                    concrete goals to achieve. Leadership is

          Both business owners and managers should            often strategic in nature and requires you to
          be able to effectively communicate with             understand how to offer your employees and
          employees, other managers, consumers                teams an actionable plan and the motivation
          and other individuals involved in day-to-day        to complete it. In addition to business owners,
          business operations. Effective communication        leadership skills are also needed by those in
          skills include both verbal and written and          management positions to maintain effective
          should allow you to clearly communicate             day-to-day operations.
          information in an easily understandable way.
                                                              5. Financial management
          Examples of communication skills include            Business owners and those in management
          being able to:                                      positions are often required to have financial

            Effectively negotiate to mediate disputes        management skills to effectively understand
                                                              and manage the company’s financial needs.
            Compose clear and concise emails                 Financial management skills include the ability
                                                              to analyze the current market, understand
            Confidently speak in both one-on-one             investment benefits and risks, timely and
           settings and large groups                          effectively budget and identify anything that
                                                              is negatively impacting the company’s bottom
            Keep communication open between yourself
           and employees                                      line. In addition to business owners, positions
                                                              that may require financial management skills

            Effectively relay the goals of a project and     include business analysts, accountants and
           the steps required to complete it                  bank employees.


          3. Delegation                                       6. Project management
          As a manager or business owner, you                 Projects in the workplace often have specific
          should be able to effectively distribute work       timelines, milestones, budgets and end goals.
          to individuals and teams depending on their         Project management skills enable you to
          abilities and proven strengths. Effective           effectively handle day-to-day efforts as well as




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