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Soft Skills Toning

Seedlings, bursting with potential! Soft Skills Toning may be helpful for digital natives, those who are virtually connected, entrepreneurial wizards, socially diverse and environmentally conscious, with vibrant, evolutionary ideas and aspirations, and sound technical skills... just having a hard time with Soft Skills like interpersonal communication.

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An organic process that invites developmental growth, "Soft Skills Toning" is like coaxing a seed to open into sunlight with a little water and maybe some fertilizing, compost, and mulching.

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What are some essential Soft Skills needed for navigating Work and Life?

  • Interpersonal Communication

  • Emotional Intelligence

  • Public Speaking/Presentation 

  • Communication/Writing

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Interpersonal Communication

  • Mindful Listening

  • The Art of Conversation

  • Asking appropriate questions

  • Finding points of connection

  • Maintaining focus

  • Attention to diverse communication styles and ability to adapt accordingly

  • Ability to receive and offer constructive feedback

  • Ability to manage personal or team failures/setbacks with confidence, calm, and creativity

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Emotional Intelligence

  • Self-Awareness

  • Ability to manage emotional responses in diverse contexts

  • Coping skills for handling stress and disorientation in the moment

  • Cultivating empathy

  • Learning healthy communication styles for offering/receiving feedback

  • Reading body language, tone, context, and being able to adapt and respond accordingly

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Public Speaking/Presentation 

  • Basic rhetoric

  • Organizing and delivering complex content with logical coherence and nuance

  • Developing an attractive, appropriate format and presentation style

  • Connecting with an audience

  • Inspiring attention and engagement

  • Drawing on expertise with confidence, not arrogance or absolute certitude

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Communication/Writing

  • Determining communication genres, styles, and tones appropriate to context and intended audience

  • Using language forms that are invitational, constructive, and inclusive

  • Maintaining focus and attention to detail for professionalism and respectful communication

  • Motivating audiences to engage content and offer thoughtful feedback

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Contact for Further Information

"Soft Skills Toning" is a Nature-based Solution (NbS) that begins with the Wood-Wide-Web, the most highly developed communications system beneath the surface of the Earth that has been sustaining the oldest organic network in the history of the biosphere. What is it? Mycelial networking.  To learn more, reach out:

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