 We take for granted that we have choice.
Strike that...choices! In support of our soft skills development resource, The Box, we challenged ourselves to just pick one of the boxes that informs the others. The one that if you could only have one, would be the one that best includes the others. That would be story. The power of story is best captured in the imaginative face of a child while listening to a story. Fully present. Actively engaged. Thoughtful. Demonstrating grace & courtesy even though they want to explode with curious questions, "what?", "wait, but...", "show me the picture!" And on and on and on...to the recursive moment, "Please...again, Please!" So it is with adults too, if we let it. Stories engage and challenge us. They require us to pay attention if we want answers. My example of the power of a story is passing my exit, by miles, due to being immersed in the story I'm listening to as I drive. Then being so satisfied with the experience, I'm not mad! The skills employers seek are not the hard skills. They are predictable and quantifiable. Performance is expected within a degree and if not then we can find another. The wild card - the intangible that leverages the ordinary to unforeseen heights - is the soft skill set. That part of the employee's story that cannot be judged by its cover. The one that continues to change as called upon and presented with the opportunity to improve, reinvent and imagine. The never-ending story!  Employee Soft Skills.
Elusive as the nymph named Syrinx, from Greek Mythology . (more about her here) When hiring, quantifying hard skills is clear; how the employee demonstrates the ability to do what the organization needs them to do - is often well considered within its hiring procedure. How the employee functions within the wider landscape of the organization is trickier to determine. While a moving target may have more opportunities to be hit - capitalizing on that advantage is the challenge! The Box is Meaningful Trainings contribution to the development of soft skills proficiency - the organizational necessity to increase the understanding and ability of any employee to use timeless interpersonal skills in support of an organization's mission. We've created a training resource that provides an accessible training tool for each employee to understand and develop their unique personality with a key set of soft skills competencies. It helps bridge the gap between "me" & "us" in the work space. The question we answer is How? How does Meaningful Trainings hit the "moving target" of employee soft skills proficiency and provide value to any organization? As with all MT resources, we use timeless, proven methods - as old as the Greek Myth that started this Blog post; 1.) We leverage the way adults learn, 2.) With the needs of the organization, 3.) Within the resource profile of each. To find out more and understand how Meaningful Trainings can tailor employee soft skills training to your organizational culture and mission, just follow the link and unpack The Box! http://meaningfultrainings.com/the-box.html |
Author(s)Blair & Fell expounding, thinking, sharing, hoping, wondering. Archives
April 2022
Categories |
RSS Feed