Soft Skills for Technology Professionals

I found an interesting article "Sexy Soft Skills" on Computer World magazine that i would like to share with.

In this article the author focuses on 10 soft skills that technology professionals need for their career advancement and suggest 5 ways to learn them. In this world of technology advancements, the expectations for IT professionals are changing. The requirement of soft skills has considerably increased over the last few years. With the technical skills the soft skills are also required to meet the business goals. The following are the listed 10 soft skills that every technology professional should learn it.

1. Listening
2. Communication
3. Confidence
4. Project and Time Management
5. Teamwork
6. Empathy
7. Appreciation
8. Leadership
9. Public Speaking
10. Business Knowledge

The easy way to learn these skills are;

a. In-house mentoring
b. Private coaching
c. Classroom or online courses
d. Book reading
e. Extracurricular group Memberships

Reference:
ComputerWorld Canada magazine.