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Soft Skills: Preparation for Today

Soft skills, such as time management, interpersonal communications, team building, listening, and negotiation are critical components in today's workplace.

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Thu Oct 17 2013

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At least two decades ago, soft skills became a plus to the workplace. Before that, much about productivity had remained focused upon a much more quantitative measure and was still connected to traditional management theory related to completion time. Since then, however, soft skills such as time management, interpersonal communications, team building, listening, and negotiation have risen to become critical components to how today’s workers achieve objectives. 

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