Compared to hard skills, acquired knowledge and professional core competencies, the term “soft skills” sounds wimpy and ineffective, doesn’t it? Perhaps that is why folks downplay the credibility of professions requiring an overload of soft skills, compared to hard skills. According to Wikipedia, the source of all knowledge in the galaxy, the definition of soft… [Continue Reading]
Creating a Balancing Act between Soft Skills and Hard Skills?
Can Those Powerful Soft Skills overcome Collaboration Bias?
Are you wielding your powerful soft skills effectively, or are you perpetuating workforce collaboration bias? A recent conversation I had with a friend of mine got me thinking about the power of how we choose to incorporate our soft skills within our places of work. She was in the midst of couples’ therapy. She told… [Continue Reading]
A Strong Soft Skills Portfolio creates Valuable IIoT Outcomes
A strong soft skills portfolio sets the stage for creating actionable and valuable outcomes. Especially in fast-paced industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environments. It’s one thing for you, as a Professional of Worth, to be diligent about developing your own soft skills portfolio. However, multi-disciplinary collaborative teams are one of the hallmarks of the IIoT… [Continue Reading]
The Conversation isn’t about Soft Skills Anymore
There are a lot of courses they didn’t teach you in engineering and business school. How to articulate your value-add to individuals outside of your profession is one of those courses. While the term “value-add” is often used to describe the intangible that your products, services and platforms provide for customers, does anyone really know… [Continue Reading]
The Fine Art of Using Your Soft Skills
You are an artist. That descriptor doesn’t sound like your job title, does it? You are responsible for understanding and articulating, in language everyone can appreciate, how your core capabilities provide cross-functional value to your colleagues, your organization, and your clients. Clearly, you articulate via your soft skills. If you are an artist, you are… [Continue Reading]
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