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40+ Types of Soft Skill

 , December 11, 2015 updated on May 01, 2019
Soft skills are a broad and diverse set of abilities that require tacit knowledge that is difficult to measure quantitatively. Although they can be taught and acquired, they are considered more difficult to transfer than other professional skills as they are greatly influenced by cognitive factors such as personality and long term processes such as work experience. The following soft skills are commonly listed on job descriptions and resumes.
Abstraction
Abundance Mentality
Active Silence
Aesthetics
Attention To Detail
Bias For Action
Big Picture Thinking
Business Acumen
Charisma
Coaching
Competitiveness
Counterfactual Thinking
Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking
Delegation
Emotional Intelligence
Empathy
Eye Contact
Facilitation
Fluid Intelligence
Humor
Imagination
Improvisation
Influencing
Introspection
Intuition
Listening
Logic
Managing Expectations
Networking
Nonverbal Communication
Office Politics
Personal Presence
Personal Skills
Problem Framing
Public Speaking
Reasoning
Relationship Building
Resilience
Self Confidence
Self Direction
Showmanship
Social Intelligence
Storytelling
Time Management
Training
Troubleshooting
Wit
Overview: Soft Skills
TypeBusiness Skill
DefinitionSkills that require tacit knowledge and abilities.
Related ConceptsEmotional Intelligence
Logic
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