Several years ago I wrote a series on Soft Skills and their development – this is an updated repost of the third post in that series from October 2015. Soft Skills: Nature or Nurture? Are you born with them or are they learned? It’s the old chicken and the egg…
So, What Are These Things Called “Soft Skills”?
So, What Are These Things Called “Soft Skills”? Soft Skills’ is a catch-all term referring to various behaviors that help people work and socialize well with others. In short, they are the good manners and personality traits needed to get along with others and build positive relationships. To read…
De-bugging the Soft Skill of Problem-Solving
Was Problem-Solving on your list of soft skills? I can’t say that it was originally on mine. Why is that? I think that we tend to think of soft skills as “positive”. Soft skills are there to present an upbeat environment that everything is okay. It is an improvement mechanism.…
Hi-Tech: When Beanbag Chairs and Foosball Tables Aren’t Enough
I read a great post a week or so ago titled “Adaptability: The Key Leadership Trait in the Digital Transformation” by Daniel Newman. Reading it took me back to two blogs I wrote a couple of years ago in my series on Soft Skills development, specifically the ones on adaptability…
Why Teambuilding is an Important Soft Skill in Hi-Tech
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan “There is no strength until there is cooperation” – Irish Proverb John Adair defined “team” as “a group in which the individuals share a common aim and…