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What Are Soft Skills ?
Tharumaraja Sajarupan
Student,
Department of Engineering Technology,
Faculty of Technology,
University Of Ruhuna.(Srilanka)
01
04
Essential Soft skills.
03
Types of Individuals who
need soft skills.
02
Importance & Impact of
soft skill.
01
Definitions of Soft skill
Soft
Skills
01
Desirable qualities for certain
forms of employment that do
not depend on acquired
knowledge; They Include
common sense, the ability to
deal with people, and a
positive flexible attitude.
- Collins English Dictionary
Personal attributes that
enable someone to interact
effectively and harmoniously
with other people.
-In oxford Dictionary
01
Difinitions.
01
Combination of people skills,social
skills,Communication
skills,Characteristis,attritudes,carrer
attributes,social interlligence and
emotional interligencequotients among
others that ebable people to navigate
their environment , work well with
others,perform well and achieve their
goals with complementing hard skills.
01
Definitions.
01
02 Essential Soft Skills (List)
• Communication.
• Time Management.
• Self motivation.
• Leadership.
• Responsibility.
• Teamwork.
• Problem solving.
• Possitive attitude.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Flexibility & Adapable.
• Negotiation & conflict
resolution.
• Accept (and learn from
criticism.
• Transition and change.
01
• College Students.
• Graduate Students.
• Kids.
• High School Students.
• Job Seekers.
• At the worker.
Types of individuals who need soft
skills..
03
Why is Soft Skills so important ?
73% of manager’s
time is spend on
communication.
Salesmanship
Efficiency and success
in the organization.
Importance of softskills...
Training & Development.
Bridging the gap between
planning and execution
Greater exposure to
new ideas – broaden
understanding of
world affairs.
Helps to boost
employee morale
Overall Self development
Impact of soft skills
• Listening.
• Communicating.
• Nonverbal Communications.
• Negotiating.
• Connecting with employees &
colleagues.
• Dealing with difficult
employees.
• Managing professionaism.
• Managing change.
• Handling Resistance.
• Dealing with complaints.
04
01
Impact of soft skills
• Practicing good Manners.
• Arguing with class.
• Delegatting.
• Building Morale.
• Recognizing good work.
04
01
In Succesful Leaders..
Interpersonal Skills
Negotiating Building Morale
Maintaining
Relationships
15%
For Successful Life...
15% of your workplace / carreer
suceess comes from your hard
skills while.
60%
85% Comes from your ability
to get along with people using
softskills.
85%
To handle
interpersonal relations.
To take appropriate
decisions.
To communicate
effectively
To have good
impression and impact
to gain professional
development.
Soft Skills are very important...
Managing relationships and wining others
• Relationships with family, friends, and especially romantic partners require effort to maintain.
Relationships are very important part of our lives, and often give us meaning, purpose,
positive emotions, and contribute to an individual’s sense of well-being, self-esteem and
security.
Factors to keep in mind:
Relationships take time to develop
Relationships can change across time
All couples experience problems
How problems and challenges are addressed help define relationships as either healthy or
unhealthy
First step towards developing a positive relationship is your willingness to work at it
Managing relationships and wining others
Tips to maintain a healthy relationship :
Effective communication
Mutual respect, trust, honesty, support, fairness, equality, and safety
Compromise
Have separate identities
Non-judgmental towards each other
Affection, emotional expression
Spend quality time together
Openness and willingness to learn new relationship skills
Note : There is no win or Fail (Our Concept)
* Everyone can give efforts for their goal achievements.(No judgmental here)
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  • 1. What Are Soft Skills ? Tharumaraja Sajarupan Student, Department of Engineering Technology, Faculty of Technology, University Of Ruhuna.(Srilanka)
  • 2. 01 04 Essential Soft skills. 03 Types of Individuals who need soft skills. 02 Importance & Impact of soft skill. 01 Definitions of Soft skill Soft Skills
  • 3. 01 Desirable qualities for certain forms of employment that do not depend on acquired knowledge; They Include common sense, the ability to deal with people, and a positive flexible attitude. - Collins English Dictionary Personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people. -In oxford Dictionary 01 Difinitions.
  • 4. 01 Combination of people skills,social skills,Communication skills,Characteristis,attritudes,carrer attributes,social interlligence and emotional interligencequotients among others that ebable people to navigate their environment , work well with others,perform well and achieve their goals with complementing hard skills. 01 Definitions.
  • 5. 01 02 Essential Soft Skills (List) • Communication. • Time Management. • Self motivation. • Leadership. • Responsibility. • Teamwork. • Problem solving. • Possitive attitude. • Ability to work under pressure. • Flexibility & Adapable. • Negotiation & conflict resolution. • Accept (and learn from criticism. • Transition and change.
  • 6. 01 • College Students. • Graduate Students. • Kids. • High School Students. • Job Seekers. • At the worker. Types of individuals who need soft skills.. 03
  • 7. Why is Soft Skills so important ?
  • 8. 73% of manager’s time is spend on communication. Salesmanship Efficiency and success in the organization. Importance of softskills... Training & Development. Bridging the gap between planning and execution Greater exposure to new ideas – broaden understanding of world affairs. Helps to boost employee morale Overall Self development
  • 9. Impact of soft skills • Listening. • Communicating. • Nonverbal Communications. • Negotiating. • Connecting with employees & colleagues. • Dealing with difficult employees. • Managing professionaism. • Managing change. • Handling Resistance. • Dealing with complaints. 04 01
  • 10. Impact of soft skills • Practicing good Manners. • Arguing with class. • Delegatting. • Building Morale. • Recognizing good work. 04 01
  • 11. In Succesful Leaders.. Interpersonal Skills Negotiating Building Morale Maintaining Relationships
  • 12. 15% For Successful Life... 15% of your workplace / carreer suceess comes from your hard skills while. 60% 85% Comes from your ability to get along with people using softskills. 85%
  • 13. To handle interpersonal relations. To take appropriate decisions. To communicate effectively To have good impression and impact to gain professional development. Soft Skills are very important...
  • 14. Managing relationships and wining others • Relationships with family, friends, and especially romantic partners require effort to maintain. Relationships are very important part of our lives, and often give us meaning, purpose, positive emotions, and contribute to an individual’s sense of well-being, self-esteem and security. Factors to keep in mind: Relationships take time to develop Relationships can change across time All couples experience problems How problems and challenges are addressed help define relationships as either healthy or unhealthy First step towards developing a positive relationship is your willingness to work at it
  • 15. Managing relationships and wining others Tips to maintain a healthy relationship : Effective communication Mutual respect, trust, honesty, support, fairness, equality, and safety Compromise Have separate identities Non-judgmental towards each other Affection, emotional expression Spend quality time together Openness and willingness to learn new relationship skills Note : There is no win or Fail (Our Concept) * Everyone can give efforts for their goal achievements.(No judgmental here)