Known for: entrepreneur, innovator, humanitarian, futurist, founder of SpaceX, Co-founder of Paypal, Zip2 and Tesla Motors Primary soft skills: Critical thinking, Goal Setting, Resiliency Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. It’s easy to believe that the age of grand invention [...]
Known For: minister, humanitarian, activist, and leader of the Civil Rights Movement Primary Soft Skills: Empathy, Resiliency, Communication Skills, Attitude, Drive Strength/Motivation The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. [...]
Here at Conover, we are passionate about emotional intelligence and soft skills. We’ll be looking at six big examples which we think shine a light on how important understanding and developing soft skills can be. 1. News - Stephen Hawking: Black Holes “Are Not The Eternal Prisons” We Once Thought Source: [...]
Known For: 16th President of the United States, Ending Slavery Primary Soft Skills: Empathy, Communication Skills, Attitude, Resiliency, Critical Thinking I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. - Abraham Lincoln How did a man born in the woods of Kentucky with less than 18 months of formal education [...]
Known for: Athlete, Entrepreneur, Team Owner, Billionaire, GOAT? Primary Soft Skills: Goal Setting, Resiliency, Drive Strength / Motivation Even if you’ve never watched basketball, you’ve heard of Michael Jordan. You can see him driving to the basket, leaping in the air with his tongue hanging out, and dunking the ball [...]
Here at Conover, we are passionate about emotional intelligence and soft skills. This is the first of what will be a recurring series where we take a look at some interesting articles that highlight soft skills or their absence in news, media, etc... For the final month of Summer, we'll [...]
We have been receiving a lot of inquiries about our Functional Skills System apps over the last few days. Many people have noticed that our 42 Functional Skills System apps are no longer available in the Apple App Store. In fact, it was no less than 30 minutes after we took them [...]
Download our Infographic on Soft Skills! 2/ 3 of Success in the Workplace is Soft Skills Why are soft skills and soft skill assessments important for business? Read the facts below and see for yourself. Understanding soft skills (or emotional intelligence) and how it contributes to any work organization [...]
In our previous post, we discussed the new WIOA law and what that means for federal and youth programs. With the new law, federal programs now serve more youth with disabilities and must ensure they are prepared for the workforce. Youth programs have only served 20% of youth with disabilities, [...]
The focus of this last blog in our series of twelve is on personal responsibility. The Personal Responsibility Scale is the last scale in our Personal Responsibility Map, which is the core assessment in our Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals program. It is the last scale in the assessment [...]