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They might be skills, but they’re not soft

The top traits of success at Google sound more like what one gains as an English or theater major than as a programmer.

The ironic thing about soft skills is that they’re some of the hardest skills to learn and deploy. Here are tips to measure “soft” impact.

Why We Need to “Hire the Heart and Train the Brain”

When I worked for a corporation, we had a corporate training department that offered a long list of in-person and web-based courses and…

It’s both more serious and less serious than we’ve admitted

Whether you are a software engineer, data scientist or a technical manager, these skills will help you stand out.

What formal education should have taught me but did not

“How do I get a job at a startup? What skills do they look for in an employee?”

Communication & Collaboration in a “Digital Mindset”

A couple of years ago when interviewing for a leadership role in product management, I was fortunate to learn a lesson about the value of…

After spending over a decade in product management in organizations large and small, I've come to believe that great product management is 60% substance and 40% style. The substance of product ma

Workplace drama, coworker and client irrationality: these seem like forces of nature that we have no way to prevent or control. Brandon Gregory shows us the emotional calculus at the heart of the t…

The human mind has its own logic far beyond the binary states of mere computers. Even in the tech industry, you can’t escape the reality that it takes more than data and solid conclusions to …

As designers, we already know how to communicate with users in a language they understand. Yet, we often don’t do this when communicating with those whom our work requires us to talk to every…

How do you become more assertive? You want to be respectful, firm, and not aggressive. That's what assertiveness is all about. Here's how to do it.

Here are 7 income-generating skills that instantly impact the bottom line of an organization. I believe every professional can benefit from these skills.

Do you ever feel misunderstood by others? Maybe you feel that people at work don’t get you. Or that your friends are not on the same page. Maybe others truly don’t get you. But that’s not because of them, it’s most likely because of their perception of you. I’ll tell you why.

Career success is not about SAT scores, IQ tests, or any other grade-based metrics. Instead, Emotional Intelligence is a more reliable predictor of success.