Your job performance is a combination of your "hard skills" — your technical knowledge and hands-on work product — and your intangible "soft skills," which are taking the American workplace by storm.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As AI continues to reshape the workplace, one truth is becoming increasingly clear: the most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. I’m a small business owner in an industry where soft skills ...

The lack of soft skills in teams costs U.S. companies an estimated $160 billion a year in lost productivity, poor communication, and employee turnover. 3 power skills that are key for business success ...

If you want to boost productivity and profits, make sure your employees have these soft skills. You'll see a better return on ...

What, exactly, are soft skills? And why do soft skills even matter, when generative AI seems more skilled than most workers today? Soft skills are things like interpersonal communication, work ethic ...

The rise of AI is undoubtedly changing the employment landscape, but it’s not replacing human workers; it’s elevating the importance of distinctly human capabilities. The Fast Company Executive Board ...

It’s a challenging time to be entering the workforce for the first time. The traditional path of getting a college education or learning a skill, then taking a job and remaining in it for your entire ...

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Nacho De Marco Here’s a ...

Eric Friedman is the Founder and CEO of eSkill, a global leader in skills testing and behavioral assessment solutions for employers. For quite some time now, businesses throughout the United States ...

Move over, cloud computing and mobile development. The skills that matter most today are the ones we mistakenly call “soft.” But there’s nothing soft about them. In fact, soft skills are quickly ...