If you are interested in promoting soft skills in your organization or workplace, look at the variety of resources provided below.
Websites
The A Game by Teens4Hire.com
An out-the-box curriculum to teach teens workplace skills so that they master the 7 fundamental workplace values that are a prerequisite for success in ALL careers. There is a cost associated with service ($).
http://www.theagame.com/index.php
Teens4Hire.com
The Foundation Skills: Skills and Behaviors Businesses and Organizations Seek
http://www.teens4hire.org/articles/job_skills.asp
Delaware Economic Development Office
15 session course in developing soft skills
http://dedo.delaware.gov/workforce/softskills.shtml
Job Bank USA
Nation´s Youth Failing to Develop Critical Skills for On-the-Job Success (April 2008)
http://www.jobbankusa.com/news/employment_careers/nations_youth_failing_to_develop_critical_skills_for_on-the-job_success.html
Junior Achievement
Class Activities: Excellence Through Ethics:
- Choosing Your Professional Attitude
- The Customer Service Game
- Bringing Character to Work
http://studentcenter.ja.org/Learn/Ethics/Pages/ClassroomActivities.aspx
Skills Converged
Downloadable Soft Skills Training Materials and Emotional Intelligence Training Courses
Stanford University Career Development Center
Personality Traits & Qualities Worksheet
http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/cdc/identify/self-assessments
The Hard Truth about Soft Skills Quiz
http://www.bettersoftskills.com/quiz/
Evan Carmichael
Soft Skills Exercises
http://www.evancarmichael.com/tags/soft-skills-exercises.html
Books
These books help explain the importance of soft skills and identify qualities are important to demonstrate. More non-fiction and fiction books will be added in the coming months.
Freedman, Elizabeth. Work 101: Learning the Ropes of the Workplace without Hanging Yourself. New York: Delta Trade Paperback, 2007.
Klaus, Peggy. The Hard Truth about Soft Skills. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007.
Templar, Richard. The Rules of Work. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005.