By Si Beales, soft skills speaker, trainer and consultant
According to Stanford University, 75% of long-term job success in industry and commerce depends on soft skills and just 25% on technical skills. And LinkedIn recently reported that the majority of employers now value soft skills over hard skills. But what are they and how can we begin to integrate them into the legal profession?
There is growing evidence that connected soft skills are fundamental to business success - particularly in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Forbes magazine recently proclaimed that they are ‘essential to the future of work’.
Yet, when I tell people that I specialise in helping people and businesses with developing their soft skills, they tend to look at me a little quizzically. As if I’m promoting...
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