Soft Skills Flashcards
Creativity
the process by which one utilizes creative ability:
Extensive reading stimulated his creativity.
Communication
the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
Adaptability
able to adjust oneself readily to different conditions:
an adaptable person.
Emotional Intelligence
skill in perceiving, understanding, and managing emotions and feelings. Abbreviation: EI
Listening
to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
Patience
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
Flexibility
the ability and willingness to adjust one’s thinking or behavior:
Being a resilient parent is all about flexibility.
Teamwork
cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.
Perseverance
steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
Motivation
the state or condition of being motivated or having a strong reason to act or accomplish something:
We know that these students have strong motivation to learn.
Attitude
manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind:
a negative attitude; group attitudes.
Initiative
readiness and ability in initiating action; enterprise:
to lack initiative.
Problem-solving
the process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues.
“an expert at creative problem-solving”
Professionalism
the standing, practice, or methods of a professional, as distinguished from an amateur.I
Perceptiveness
having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition:
a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
Criticism
any of various methods of studying texts or documents for the purpose of dating or reconstructing them, evaluating their authenticity, analyzing their content or style, etc.:
historical criticism; literary criticism.
Self-awareness
Realization of oneself as an individual entity or personality.
Resilience
the ability of a system or organization to respond to or recover readily from a crisis, disruptive process, etc.:
Cities can build resilience to climate change by investing in infrastructure.
Leadership
the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group:
He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition.
Integrity
the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished:
to preserve the integrity of the empire.
Punctuality
strict observance in keeping engagements; promptness.
Stress-management
Stress-management is a wide spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies aimed at controlling a person’s level of stress, especially chronic stress, usually for the purpose of and for the motive of improving everyday functioning.
Self-confident
excessive or inflated confidence in one’s own judgment, ability, etc.
Responsible
answerable or accountable, as for something within one’s power, control, or management (often followed by to or for):
He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
