Many employers underestimate the importance of soft skills, so how do L&D professionals gain buy-in from leaders and employees to play hard ball with soft skills?
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Although traditional training methods will always have their place in employee learning, some things can’t be taught using simple knowledge transfer techniques. Soft skills do require knowledge, but they are really more about action.
Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., and The Viscardi Center, announces the launch of their Enterprise Office Services Training Program.
Many soft skills can be developed through training, especially for people who are early in their career or in their first leadership job. The problem is that many companies wait a long time to develop people’s soft skills, if they do it at all.
Why is it easier to develop new hard skills, such as a new procedure or task, than it is to develop a new soft skill, such as active listening? Here are five key challenges to soft skills programs and how to overcome them.
Unfortunately, the process and approach that a learning leader uses to vet and select soft skills content is not as widely discussed or as widely accepted as other benchmarks in our discipline. Here are four steps to consider.
Drive customer needs by understanding social and cultural makeups in their individual regions.
Learnlight, the global language, intercultural skills and soft skills training provider, has acquired Arenalingua, a leading German language training company, as part of its European expansion strategy.
As the workforce becomes increasingly dynamic, IT roles must also become more agile than ever before. Use continued education and learning opportunities to foster growth within your current team.
People skills are critical to fostering teamwork and high engagement. Today’s soft skills training simply does not scale. Virtual reality with artificial intelligence can help.