MIAB - Stand Out

Discussion Questions:

What role do soft skills play in your job? How can well-developed soft skills enhance your job performance?
Listening skills are one foundational soft skill the author mentions. Do you consider yourself to be a good listener? What are some of the obstacles that
prevent us from being better listeners?
The author implies that becoming more empathetic starts with greater self awareness. Do you consider yourself more of a thinking or a feeling person?
And how may your preference for one or the other impact your interactions with co-workers?
Team members bring different qualities to collaborations. What do you consider your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to teamwork?
Think of a person who inspires you. What is it about that person you find inspirational?

Take away:

You’ve heard it before: The skills that matter most in a world where intelligent machines take over routine tasks are soft skills, including emotional intelligence. Robots still have a long way to go until they can be empathetic team players. And as workplaces become more ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse, self-awareness, empathy, and the ability to communicate are all the more critical. In Stand Out, Debra Stevens offers a practical five-week program to start honing the skills that make you uniquely human.

Stand Out

Debra Stevens

5 Key Skills to Advance your Career

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

Discussion Questions:

Take away:

“If we are to survive automation, we need to shine at being human.”

Channel Soft Skills