Our Social Skills Have Gotten Rusty: Tips on How to Sharpen Up
People debate if you should call them social skills or soft skills, but skills like communication and networking have gotten rusty with COVID. Here are tips to improve them.
Soft Skills in Action: What I Learned on the Ropes Course
by Carly My name is Carly and I’m currently looking for work in biology on the path to a full-time job in sustainability and building a better future. I love learning new things and applying…
Mastering Soft Skills: The First Step is Self-Awareness
When you consider all the soft skills, it’s unlikely that you’ll find one person who can boast about being a master at each one of them. In fact, the opposite scenario is more likely. That…
Leadership Lessons: Cultivating Gratitude for Improved Soft Skills
We’re so busy with the daily grind, juggling 10,000 balls at a time – terrified of dropping one – that we forget to take the time to pause. That’s right. It’s a little of this,…
Soft Skills: The Missing Link in Professionalism Today
You can look at this provocative statement with two different lenses. One, as a middle-aged person with decades of experience assessing (okay, let’s be honest – judging) the collective behaviors of the next generation coming…
Life Skills UPskill: Building Resilience and Thriving in Uncertain Times
There’s a saying, “no time like the present,” and here we are. Many of us find ourselves wondering aloud, “How is November already upon us when we’ve spent most of the year on our couches…
Mastering the Art of Pivoting: Essential Soft Skills for Success
Alright, first, it’s about accountability. Last week, I stressed the importance of consistency, took a mea culpa on how shifting priorities had interfered with that plan and pledged to do better given that I published…
Why Consistency Matters: The Foundation of Life Skills
“Yup,” she says to herself as she types in the headline knowing fully well that she hasn’t been consistent in the last couple of weeks. Insert sheepish grin. I missed getting this weekly blog out…
What Students Want (Part 1): Enhancing Their Skills for School, Jobs, and Life
First, as someone who has conducted numerous customer discovery sessions and used the results of research that others have paid for, it was time to share the data we sponsored to collect. Why is this…
Investing in Yourself: The Value of Coaching for Leadership and Professional Growth
When we think of coaching, many of us are first introduced to the concept as children playing in the little leagues. The majority of people that I know never even used the term, “Coach,” to…
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