{"id":2943,"date":"2012-11-12T05:50:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corevalues.com\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2012-11-12T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T12:50:09","slug":"employee-development-with-a-soft-skills-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/2012\/11\/12\/employee-development-with-a-soft-skills-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Team Development With A Soft Skill Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>As baby booms soon begin to retire in masse, it makes sense to pump up soft skills training for leadership team development. Many organizations are already finding themselves short of well-trained and properly polished professionals.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0developing soft skills on teams\u00a0 made sense to me from my research in team development\u00a0over 23 years ago.\u00a0 That is one reason it took me over four years to validate a team culture survey that tracks measurable improvements in leadership team soft skill development\u00a0to improve trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk assessment and success in the workplace. The widening talent gap\u00a0coupled with\u00a0the emotional intelligence to lead and communicate are key skills for occupying a seat at the strategic planning table.<\/p>\n

Application to the Finance Industry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes to finance and MBA programs, mastering good numeric and analytical skills is not going to be enough to get you by to occupy those important career escalating seats.<\/p>\n

Recent research has\u00a0revealed a significant gap between the potential value the typical finance organization can deliver to stakeholders, and the current value being delivered.\u00a0 The research also\u00a0outlined the skills and competencies that finance professionals must arm themselves with in order to close this performance gap.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0research drew responses from finance professionals at 119 organizations, mostly U.S.\/Canadian and European, and generally mid- or large-sized.<\/p>\n

The findings discovered that\u00a0only 5 percent<\/strong> of survey respondents believe that finance is currently delivering game-changing value to their enterprises. For one,\u00a0 finance is often bogged down with transactional work and doesn\u2019t have the time to produce meaningful analysis.\u00a0 Secondly,\u00a0many finance professionals lack the soft skills necessary to present concisely to senior operating managers and to persuade with diplomacy.<\/p>\n

More Findings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Other top-level findings from the survey include:<\/p>\n