How strong are your soft skills?
The Challenge
Soft skills are personal attributes that enable you to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people. Communication skills, teamwork, problem-solving, and adaptability are just some of the soft skills employers value. Create a list of your five strongest soft skills. Then identify three additional soft skills you could work on improving.
Why do this?
Strong soft skills create an excellent foundation for success--they are the perfect complement for the more technical skills you bring to your work.
LinkedIn's 2019 Global Talent Trends Report indicates that 92% of employers believe soft skills are at least as important as hard skills in successful job performance. Skills such as creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability, and time management--in combination with the hard skills needed to do your job--create synergy that will add value for you and your employer.
What’s next?
Take a deeper dive into identifying and enhancing your soft skills by tackling the challenges in our "developing soft skills" series. These challenges cover integrity, creativity, flexibility, interpersonal skills, and political savvy.