About the Policy Center for the New South The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is a Moroccan think tank aiming to contribute to the improvement of economic and social public policies that challenge Morocco and the rest of the Africa as integral parts of the global South. [...] They show a lot of self-control (self-regulation), intentionality4 (directionality, aiming and sense-making) and reflexivity5 (cognitive capacity and ability combining reflection in the sense of thinking and in the sense of reflection and allowing for a continuous process of questioning/ deconstruction by the individual of his or her actions and discourses)6 allows for the production of sensemakin. [...] We agree with scientific research on the specificity of social capital developed online, the speed of its constitution resulting from the speed of digital interactions, the compression of space and time variables and the increasing accessibility of relationships and contacts. [...] Insight and Analysis: the Why of Emerging Leaders’ Political Skill Introducing the concept of political skill and its relevance to leadership emergence and development The concept of ‘political skill’, largely developed in the US, is defined in a number of ways, some of which are summarized in Table 2 below, for the additional insight they provide. [...] Social capital recommendations: training and fostering the political and networking skills of young professionals Based on our study results and those of recent scientific research on emergence of leadership and networks, we recommend that organizations and institutions prioritize implementation of the following programs and actions (summarized in Table 5 below): a.
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