Comments on: Study Suggests Soft Skills Vital to Business Success http://next-element.com/blog/study-suggests-soft-skills-vital-to-business-success/ Leadership through Process Communication Mon, 21 May 2012 14:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nate Regier http://next-element.com/blog/study-suggests-soft-skills-vital-to-business-success/#comment-80 Nate Regier Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:33:49 +0000 http://next-element.com/?p=1471#comment-80 David, I also wish we could find a better word for these very important social-emotional intelligence skills that can have such a profound direct impact on hard business outcomes. Not sure whether the answer is to find a new term, or to work harder to help the public discover the hard value of soft-skills. David, I also wish we could find a better word for these very important social-emotional intelligence skills that can have such a profound direct impact on hard business outcomes. Not sure whether the answer is to find a new term, or to work harder to help the public discover the hard value of soft-skills.

]]> By: David Zinger http://next-element.com/blog/study-suggests-soft-skills-vital-to-business-success/#comment-79 David Zinger Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:38:18 +0000 http://next-element.com/?p=1471#comment-79 I hate the term soft skills. They had business and management and then soft skills. Soft makes these key skills sound mushy or "touchy-feely" I wish we could change them to fixed skills and fluid skills. It is our human (fluid skills) that make the fixed things work. When we call them soft they also sound easy and something to do if you have a bunch of extra time. Okay enough of a rant as I am glad our "human" or "fluid" skills are becoming of increasing importance. I hate the term soft skills. They had business and management and then soft skills. Soft makes these key skills sound mushy or “touchy-feely” I wish we could change them to fixed skills and fluid skills. It is our human (fluid skills) that make the fixed things work.

When we call them soft they also sound easy and something to do if you have a bunch of extra time.

Okay enough of a rant as I am glad our “human” or “fluid” skills are becoming of increasing importance.

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