Online Program

Amp Up Your Soft Skills: Stand Out in a Technical but Dynamic Environment (304866)

Keywords: leadership, skills, diversity, teamwork, communication, growth mindset

This presentation will help technical people unpack the black box of “soft skills”. In today’s marketplace outstanding technical talents are not enough to advance. What makes you stand out in your organization or industry are your soft skills for communicating, working successfully in diverse teams, and leadership. Often individuals in statistics and data science don’t have time or support to develop their soft skills and it may not be an integral component in their education and training programs. Additionally, technical mentors may not themselves be adept with soft skills. This presentation will highlight critical skill areas, provide practical tools and offer guidance on how to cultivate a growth mindset in this area. The presentation will provide a practical behavior based approach that has been successfully implemented in a large statistical organization.