The importance of soft skills for leaders / Siti Asiah Md Shahid

• Main Author: Md Shahid, Siti Asiah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Vocational guidance. Career development. Physical education teachers; Employability. Vocational qualifications; Job satisfaction; Training of employees. Employer-supported education
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43148/1/43148.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43148/

This article addresses the importance for leaders in developing their personal and interpersonal soft skills, which are critical for organization success. Paradoxically, many leaders prefer hard skills over soft skills because they believe that hard, strategic, and analytical skills are required fo...