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What skills do managers need today? Are these skills different from management skills of 50 years ago? Why or why not? Is a manager different from a leader?

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Today's managers need a strong combination of hard/technical and soft skills as management styles have considerably changed over the last 50 years. Today's organizations believe in empowering their ...

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