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10 management skills demanded by companies

Carlos Recarte, founding partner of Recarte & Fontenla, explains in the Proa Comunicación videos when companies should call a headhunter. He also details how important it is to take into account the professional moment and highlights the 10 managerial skills that companies currently demand:

  1. Courage and determination to take risks and accept failures.
  2. Decision-making capacity increasingly complex without having all the information.
  3. Self-awareness of our strengths, weaknesses and blind spots that cause us not to be able to see our mistakes.
  4. Flexibility to adapt to permanent changes.
  5. Constant learning both in terms of personal development and in terms of the sector in which we operate.
  6. Networking skills both physical and virtual.
  7. Develop a global mindset to help us to have a more complete vision of the world and to understand different cultures.
  8. Capacity for innovate and reinvent almost permanently.
  9. Integrity to say what we think, humility to learn from mistakes and failures.
  10. Ability to motivate and inspire others to overcome the usual resistance to change.

Communication, key to the repositioning of investment advisors in the face of Mifid II

The entry into force of Mifid II on January 1, 2018 is causing profound changes in the business models of firms that offer investment advisory services. While the process of transposing Spanish legislation over European regulation is still not finalized, a wide range of firms that provide, irrespective of prominence...

To Communicate Real Estate Investment is to Reinforce its Growth

Despite the uncertainties, the Spanish economy continues to enjoy good health. The strength of consumption, the increase in family wealth, the lowering debt of households, the reduction in unemployment, the increase in wages, the reduction of public debt and the strength of exports, result in a GDP growth forecast by...

Alberto Cantero -- "We have brought more than 5,000m³ of medical equipment to Spain".

Alberto Cantero, CEO of Gamma Health, explains in a new PROA video how they helped their clients during the state of alarm. "In the first months of the pandemic, we brought more than 5,000m³ of medical equipment to Spain," he says. In addition, he details the characteristics of the Covid Wiseprotec anti-Covid mask,...

Technology, regulation and customer relations, the keys to the financial sector in 2020

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which led, among other consequences, to increased regulatory intervention in the activities of banks, asset managers, intermediaries, investment services firms, insurers and other operators, the sector continues to undergo a profound transformation of its business models and its...

From lockdown to Spain 2.0

In pre-confinement Spain, work was being done on the digitalization of our economic and social reality, but without pace. The apostles of the physical still found an echo to their arguments and more in a community where socialization is an essential part of the character. In a few days we...

The Lack of Love and Violence in Teens

Human beings on the way to maturity to go through moments that can accelerate it or strand them in the middle of development. Stages which are especially influential include your stay in the womb, the first two years, and pre-adolescence from 9 years to 12 in which there is an...

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