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Soft Skills: Preparation for Today

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

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. 

While these skills are

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