Building off the three core competencies in M&A, we are going to explore a series of posts on the second leg of the stool: soft skills.

Soft skills include knowing your job and your role on the team, being proactive, the consistent use of strong communication techniques, learning to ask good questions, the ability to build rapport, prioritization and time management, among other Habits that Create Value^©. Soft skills stand to make you more effective and easier to work with. Strong soft skills can amplify the impact or even make up for shortcomings in one’s technical skills. People with strong soft skills are more commonly selected for new assignments, new roles, and promotions.

For this reason, we thought we would highlight a few soft skills from our trainings.

• Anticipate, Be Proactive, & Contribute to the Team
• Commonalities of High Performers