Do you think you’re qualified for a particular job, fit to lead a team, or entitled to a promotion because you have extensive experience and highly developed technical skills? Well, it turns out that while those things are crucial to your professional success, it is imperative that you also have great soft skills, more commonly known as “people skills.”
Jacquelyn Smith suggests 20 soft skills we need to succeed at work:
- The ability to relate to others.
- Strong communication skills.
- Patience with others.
- The ability to trust others.
- Knowing how and when to show empathy.
- Active listening skills.
- Genuine interest in others.
- Flexibility.
- Good judgment.
- The ability to persuade others.
- Negotiation skills.
- The ability to keep an open mind.
- A great sense of humor.
- Knowing your audience.
- Honesty.
- Awareness of body language
- Proactive problem solving.
- Leadership skills.
- Good manners.
- The ability to be supportive and motivate others.
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Posted by: Maria Del Carmen Taschini Otero
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