HARD AT WORK: Project management was part of the soft skills, or professional skills, training at Bryant University’s Executive Development Center. From top to right: Dan Chaput, Ben Lyons, Brendon Moore, Kevin Connelly and Michael Sillut. / COURTESY CHRIS SELWYN
Some people think “soft skills” such as showing up on time and being able to communicate well with co-workers are just common sense. Business leaders and executive trainers say “not so.” “There’s a saying that goes around in leadership development: ‘It’s the soft stuff that’s the hard stuff.’ That applies whether you’re talking about engineering,…
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