Why Your Company Needs to Invest in Soft Skills Training?!

Findings by the Stanford Research Institute found that 75% of long-term job success depends upon soft skills mastery.

Why Your Company Needs to Invest in Soft Skills Training?!

When your workforce is lacking in soft skills, you may notice that some elements of your business face challenges. 

“Unfortunately, some people believe that soft skills aren’t that important. However, almost every employer I’ve ever talked to about this disagrees.” 

– Chris Jones, Chief Executive at City & Guilds 

Findings by the Stanford Research Institute found that 75% of long-term job success depends upon soft skills mastery and only 25% on technical skills. 

When your workforce is lacking in soft skills, you may notice that some elements of your business face challenges. 

According to Glassdoor, Top Five soft skills are, 

(i) Communication Skills 

(ii) Leadership 

(iii) Team Work 

(iv) Strong Work Ethic  

(v) Positive Attitude 

Thankfully, soft skills are highly trainable. Employees with soft skills training are better-liked, happier in their jobs, and more likely to stick with their company. 

Employees with soft skills training are better-liked, happier in their jobs, and more likely to stick with their company.

Soft Skills training comes with following unparalleled benefits to an organization,

(i) Enhanced Productivity 

(ii) Increased Team Morale 

(iii) Improved Human Relations 

(iv) Reduced Supervisory Needs 

(v) Improved Organizational Performance 

Long story short, the importance of soft skills training of your employees – both new and experienced – really cannot be underrated. It's important to focus as much on soft skills training and development as we do on traditional hard skills.

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