Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. Some call them soft skills. Others call them power skills. But ...

Your job performance is a combination of your "hard skills" — your technical knowledge and hands-on work product — and your intangible "soft skills," which are taking the American workplace by storm.

Getting some coaching around soft skills on the résumé. In addition, resumes have become structurally different, with longer word counts and sections like certifications and accomplishments gaining ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Maria Flynn writes about the intersection of education and work. This article is more than 2 years old. As new technology disrupts ...

"Soft skills" are being redefined by business experts—now considered to be "durable skills" essential for employee and company success in today's competitive market. More companies are starting to see ...

What, exactly, are soft skills? And why do soft skills even matter, when generative AI seems more skilled than most workers today? Soft skills are things like interpersonal communication, work ethic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. Soft skills, more recently being redefined by the term, "power ...

There’s been a steady shift in management styles over the last decade or so. The numbers-driven, dictatorial leader is slowly dying off, clearing the way for those with emotional intelligence, ...

Senior executives from American companies recognize that technical skills are critical for success in the workplace in the age of AI. But when asked what kinds of skills are in short supply among ...

When employees have significant gaps in their soft skills there are significant negative consequences: Potentially good hires are overlooked. Good hires go bad. Bad hires go worse. Misunderstandings ...

As AI continues to reshape the workplace, one truth is becoming increasingly clear: the most valuable skills in the future of work won’t be technical—they’ll be human.While AI can automate tasks, ...

Soft skills, like any skill, can be practiced and improved. While we all have natural strengths and weaknesses when it comes to soft skills, that doesn’t mean they are static, immovable matters of ...