Hard Skills Are Soft Skills Dependent
“If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.”
~ Daniel Goleman
K-12 education programs should focus much more instructional time on helping students acquire and practice soft skills, if they expect them to master and apply hard skills in appropriate and effective ways.
The Common Core ELA standards demand that students provide evidence to support their claims yet the authors of the Standards disregard decades of research and data regarding the importance of emotional intelligence.
The authors of the Common Core continue to claim that the Standards, which emphasize hard skills, will properly prepare our students for college and careers, despite countless surveys and interviews regarding the critical importance of soft skills…
“Do people underperform at your company because they lack these soft skills or do they disappoint because their technical skills aren’t up to snuff?
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