10 Best Articles on Soft Skills
The most useful articles on soft skills from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Soft Skills Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on soft skills by Refind users in 2023 so far.
Videos
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Soft Skills? No, Human Skills!
Simon is an unshakable optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect...
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How To Know Which Skills To Develop At Each Stage Of Your Career
By mid-career, the hard skills that got you the job won't be the ones that get you promoted.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on soft skills—all under 10 minutes.
7 soft skills you need to grow your career
Soft skills can help you land a job and grow your career. These are the 7 essential soft skills every worker needs.
Chief | Stop Calling Them Soft: Why Today’s Essential Skills Are Anything But
How we can reframe the “soft skills” label at work so as not to diminish how essential these skills are to the modern workplace.
10 smart — not soft — skills for leaders
In her new book, MIT Sloan international faculty fellow Loredana Padurean shares 10 smart skills to help leaders manage the most complex of variables: people.
«listening is an active skill because it requires full attention. This requires you to be present in the moment.”»
The Top 5 Soft Skills SEOs Should Develop
When it comes to SEO, especially technical SEO, we often talk about the importance of hard skills. And while there’s no doubt that vlookup and regex can be your best friends, there are some essential…
10 in-demand soft skills to supercharge your career
Your résumé and experience may get you through the door, but these soft skills could help you clinch the job.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on soft skills.
The Best Managers Don’t Fix, They Coach — Four Tools to Add to Your Toolkit
Anita Hossain Choudhry (The Grand, First Round) and Mindy Zhang (Dropbox, Oscar Health) draw on their experiences as executive coaches to unpack why managers fall into the “fixing” trap and make the…
«Empathetic listening means shifting from "What does this mean for me?" to "What's going on for this person?"»
The Challenge of Scaling Soft Skills
Empathy and creative thinking are valuable skills in the workplace, but they’re hard to teach.
Let’s stop calling them ‘soft skills’
They might be skills, but they’re not soft
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Soft Skills, including:
Moz
The most trusted authority in online search with a powerful #SEO toolset proven to improve your brand's position. Whether big or small, we have the solution.
MIT Sloan School of Management
Ideas made to matter.
MIT Sloan Management Review
Transforming how people lead and innovate.
Zapier
Automation that moves you forward. Zapier connects all the apps you use for work so you can focus on what’s next. Contact support: http://ow.ly/AB8v50L8mtO
Fast Company
Inspiring readers to think beyond traditional boundaries & create the future of business. Subscribe to our daily newsletter: http://fastcompany.com/newsletters
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