While it is your technical competence that opens doors for your first job in any industry, it's your understanding of how to use your soft skills that define if you will make it to the top of corporate ladders.
The term “Soft Skills” is a not new concept to humanity, however it is only in the recent years that the Corporate and Business Sector has realized the immense importance and power of soft skills training programs in the work place. Soft skills when professionally clubbed along with ‘formal skills’ (hard skills), the effectiveness almost doubles at the workplace.
Its an established fact that the real effectiveness of a soft skill training cannot be measured directly in terms of any available scientific scale. The behavioural changes is just like a shadow and therefore can be felt but not measured. One thing that is 100 percent provable is the fact that the end result of a successful and highly effective soft skills training, is improved relationships, increased customer satisfaction, greater efficiencies and a happier, more co-operative workplace environment.
A recent survey confirmed a large gap between the skills employers demand and the skills job-seekers possess. Employers report that work ethic, inter-personal skills are among the most important skills in the workplace but also among the hardest to find in new hires.
The latest research on corporate soft skills training suggest the top 10 must have skills for climbing the corporate ladders of success :
Communication
Team Work
Creative Thinking
Positive Attitude
Focus
Adaptability
Listening
Sense of Humor
Self Motivation
Emotional Maturity.
The good news is that you can learn[/b] and develop soft skills[/b] as well as hard skills[/b]. The bad news is that it's often much harder, and there is no easy measure of success. Like hard skills[/b], soft skills[/b] require a lot of practice to make you really skilled at using them
Soft Skills training, definitely makes a difference, but the measurability is truly questionable.
All existing theories, models, Techniques of measuring training effectiveness will remain superficial therefore.
The Author – Mathew Thomas is a leading corporate trainer, rated among the top 10 Leadership Skills trainer in India and a Psychological Counsellor based out of Mumbai ,India.
To know more about Mathew, visit https://www.mathewthomas.in