How to enhance your power skills

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2 min readAug 8, 2023
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How to enhance your power skills

Power skills are a new way of calling soft skills. Soft skills are personal attributes needed for success in your work. Some skills are time management, adaptability, communication, teamwork, etc. Why has the name changed? It has to do with the connotation. Soft seems too soft to call those skills because they are important: they build empathetic leaders, improve the working environment and increase productivity.

How to train my power skills?

We need to identify the ones we already possess, our natural skills. Those are the first ones to polish up. Some key power skills to train are:

  • Active listening: This powerful skill is excellent for developing others. When someone talks to you, pay attention. Look right into the eyes of the one doing the talking. After they finished, re-ask if something was not clear or summarize the talk to be sure you did not miss any crucial point.
  • Time management: Divide your work into smaller tasks to complete them. There are apps and different techniques to help you to train these skills: the Pomodoro Technique, Eisenhower Matrix, and the Pickle Jar.
  • Empathy: This is a very sought-after skill. Listen to others and try to put yourself in their shoes.
  • Adaptability: Change your thought process and take small risks. Leave your comfort zone and think outside the box.
  • Communication: Express your ideas clearly. Communication is a two-way process. Send the right message to get the answer needed.
  • Effective feedback: Focus on the work done and leave any personal situation in the back. Choose your words and do it timely.

Soft and hard skills are equally important. Keep training them.

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