Soft Skills for Success

Table of Contents: Part I: Know ThySelf 1. Soft Skills: What and Why 2. Emotional Intelligence: The Indian Alternative 3. Know Thyself to Brand Your ?Personality? 4. Get Ahead of Yourself Part II: Know Thy Role 5. How Critical Is Role Perception 6. What Makes Your Role Tick 7. Creativity at Work 8. Wanna Be Happy at Workplaces Part III: Communication: Personality Differentiator 9. What Makes Communication Effective 10. Communication Is More Than Getting the Message Across 11. Changed Job-Market: The Art of Successfully Navigating Through Job Interviews 12. Cultivating the Art of Listening 13. Negotiation for a ?Win-Win? Outcome Part IV: Job-Full of Relationships 14. Life: A Winning Web of Relationships 15. Assertive Behavior 16. Group Dynamics 17. Conflicts Can Lead to Progress Part V: Leading People 18. Decision Making: Challenges 19. Counseling Fosters Employees? Growth 20. Mentors Live Forever 21. Leaders and Leadership: Essentials

This book explores how young and upcoming managers can use emotional intelligence to improve their soft skills and subsequently their performance at work. It provides a carefully structured framework with relevant examples to help the reader learn how to cultivate their emotional intelligence and the soft skills associated with it. With this knowledge, the reader can develop the essential skills necessary to not only secure a job that is well-paying, but also advance in their career. The book also recognizes that competition in the job market is intense, and offers advice on how to survive and even thrive amidst this competition. Ultimately, the book emphasizes that emotional intelligence and the soft skills associated with it can help the reader to be more successful in their career and life, as well as be a little happier.