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Why Soft Skills Matter and I Can’t Wait to Get My Hair Cut

Eightfold

The soft skills keep you in business: customer service, listening, time management, getting along with people, collaboration, communication, persuasion, empathy, and the emotional intelligence of the owner or waiter or customer-service person being able to learn what you want, and what you don’t want. People management.

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How to Be a Leader in the Workplace

Zengig

Stop being afraid of failure Along the path to Virgin Records and Virgin Airlines, Richard Branson stumbled upon the dud that was Virgin Cola. To be a leader in the workplace, you’ll need strong communication skills, emotional intelligence , integrity, confidence, and good decision-making and problem-solving abilities.

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The 3 Traits of Great Team Players (And How to Recruit for Them)

Linkedin Talent Blog

Smart candidates have more than raw intelligence: they’re just plain good with others. Emotional intelligence comes with a ton of benefits, including an ability to empathize with others and show common sense in group situations. Candidates who are only Smart = The Charmer. Humble and smart, but not hungry = The Lovable Slacker.

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Level Up Your Hiring: Gamification — Fad or Future?

Recruiting Blogs

In 1981, airlines like Eastern Airlines began using gamification elements in their frequent flyer programs to incentivize travel. One could argue that the Boy Scouts started gamification in 1908 by rewarding merit badges for learning achievements and ranking up based on accomplishments to motivate and engage young members.

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13 must read books for HR professionals

Hacker Earth

An HR professional could even read Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence along with this and have more than enough tips to overcome all sorts of communication barriers. Many readers have been asking for a shorter revised edition with language and examples more relevant to the 2000s. Buy the book here.

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Good HR Is Like Good Relationships: It’s All About Trust

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Yeah because then you’ll get things like when United Airlines beat that guy up and pulled him off the plane. That’s in its policies and procedures that the airline could do that. And I’m reading right now Daniel Goleman’s book on emotional intelligence again.

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Top 13 must-read books for HR professionals

Hacker Earth

An HR professional could even read Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence along with this and have more than enough tips to overcome all sorts of communication barriers. Many readers have been asking for a shorter revised edition with language and examples more relevant to the 2000s. Buy the book here.