Soft Skills
If you haven't heard of soft skills before, you're in for a life-changing lesson! They're critical to getting a head start at work, and you can use them to improve your career prospects, job offers, or even to earn a bigger salary.
Collaboration
Soft skills in this category include:
- Teamwork – working productively with peers and coworkers
- Personality – encouraging others with a positive attitude
- Social skills – handling yourself well in all types of business situations
- Conflict resolution – de-escalating disagreements between others
Communication and interpersonal skills
Soft skills in this category include:
- Speaking – delivering impactful speeches in small or large groups
- Listening – understanding and empathizing with others' points-of-view
- Selling – presenting compelling reasons for taking all kinds of action (not just buying!)
- Persuading – convincing someone to adopt a new viewpoint
Problem-solving
Soft skills in this category include:
- Creativity – imagining new approaches to a problem
- Critical thinking – developing and using a systematized method to handle tasks
- Analysis – interpreting deeper meaning from surface-level data
- Innovation – developing new and original products, services and systems
Time management
Soft skills in this category include:
- Punctuality and reliability – showing up on time, every time
- Organization – developing and maintaining a logical system for storing items
- Planning – arranging steps to meet long-term goals
- Productivity – managing energy and attention to accomplish more
Leadership
Soft skills in this category include:
- Trustworthiness – being truthful and following through with promises
- Motivation – inspiring others to reach their potential
- Commitment – dedicating yourself to stick with a project
- Goal-setting – developing ambitious, but achievable, long-term goals