soft skills Flashcards
Creativity
the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination:
Communication
the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
Adaptability
able to adjust oneself readily to different conditions:
Emotional Intelligence
skill in perceiving, understanding, and managing emotions and feelings. Abbreviation: EI
Listening
to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
Patience
an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay:
Flexibility
the quality of being easily adapted or of offering many different options:
Teamwork
cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.
Perseverance
steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
Motivation
the state or condition of being motivated or having a strong reason to act or accomplish something:
Attitude
manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind:
Initiative
an introductory act or step; leading action:
problem-solving
the process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues.
Professionalism
the standing, practice, or methods of a professional, as distinguished from an amateur.
Perceptiveness
having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: