Soft Skills


How to Win Friends & Influence People
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
Deep Listening by Emily KasrielHow To Get On With Anyone by Catherine StothartAdversaries into Allies by Bob BurgEmotional Intelligence by Daniel GolemanClean Language by Wendy Sullivan
People & Communication Books
28 books — 5 voters
The STREAM TONE by T. GillingThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellRework by Jason FriedBeginner's COBIT Companion by T. GillingISO/IEC 20000 An Introduction by Leo van Selm
IT Consultant (Distinct List)
50 books — 9 voters


Dorotea Brandin
No matter what we do, each instant contains infinite choices. What we choose to think, to say or to hear creates what we feel in the present moment, it conditions the quality of our communication and in the end the quality of our everyday life. Beliefs and attitudes are made of thoughts. Negative thoughts can be changed and by doing so we create for ourselves more pleasant inner states and have a different impact on the people around us
Dorotea Brandin, Heart to heart(s) Communication @ work.Universal values of Buddhism to inspire open, compassionate and effective communication

Binod Shankar
Soft skills are taken for granted — they are mostly intangible and not tangible technical stuff that you can pick up from a specific course or qualification. Paradoxically it’s also soft skills that are the most valuable and transferable.
Binod Shankar, Let's Get Real: 42 Tips for the Stuck Manager

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