Blend hard and soft skills to fast-track a management career
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 14 October 2013
Abstract
Purpose
Highlights the importance of top people in an organization having both hard and soft skills.
Design/methodology/approach
Connects hard and soft skills with left and right-brain respectively. Distinguishes between book-smart and street-smart.
Findings
Argues that leaders with hard and soft skills are more likely to enjoy career success and to achieve organizational excellence.
Practical implications
Observes how successful leaders treat others as partners rather than as subordinates.
Originality/value
Demonstrates how leaders with soft skills along with hard skills handle knowledge workers who crave partnership rather than traditional command-and-control management.
Keywords
Citation
Rao, M.S. (2013), "Blend hard and soft skills to fast-track a management career", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 21 No. 7, pp. 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-10-2013-0079
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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