How Elon Musk Succeeded with Soft Skills

Known for: entrepreneur, innovator, humanitarian, futurist, founder of SpaceX, Co-founder of Paypal, Zip2 and Tesla Motors Primary soft skills: Critical thinking, Goal Setting, Resiliency Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. It’s easy to believe that the age of grand invention [...]

By |2021-04-20T11:34:41-05:00September 30th, 2015|Corporate, Education, Soft Skills|Comments Off on How Elon Musk Succeeded with Soft Skills

How Martin Luther King Jr. Succeeded with Soft Skills

Known For: minister, humanitarian, activist, and leader of the Civil Rights Movement Primary Soft Skills: Empathy, Resiliency, Communication Skills, Attitude, Drive Strength/Motivation The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. [...]

By |2021-04-20T11:24:01-05:00September 17th, 2015|Corporate, Education, Soft Skills|Comments Off on How Martin Luther King Jr. Succeeded with Soft Skills

How Abraham Lincoln Succeeded with Soft Skills

Known For: 16th President of the United States, Ending Slavery Primary Soft Skills: Empathy, Communication Skills, Attitude, Resiliency, Critical Thinking   I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. - Abraham Lincoln How did a man born in the woods of Kentucky with less than 18 months of formal education [...]

By |2019-09-30T14:46:03-05:00August 31st, 2015|Corporate, Education, Soft Skills|Comments Off on How Abraham Lincoln Succeeded with Soft Skills

How Michael Jordan Succeeded with Soft Skills

Known for: Athlete, Entrepreneur, Team Owner, Billionaire, GOAT? Primary Soft Skills: Goal Setting, Resiliency, Drive Strength / Motivation Even if you’ve never watched basketball, you’ve heard of Michael Jordan. You can see him driving to the basket, leaping in the air with his tongue hanging out, and dunking the ball [...]

By |2020-09-10T11:52:20-05:00August 18th, 2015|Corporate, Education, Soft Skills|Comments Off on How Michael Jordan Succeeded with Soft Skills

Soft Skills in the World

Here at Conover, we are passionate about emotional intelligence and soft skills. This is the first of what will be a recurring series where we take a look at some interesting articles that highlight soft skills or their absence in news, media, etc... For the final month of Summer, we'll [...]

By |2017-04-30T16:18:24-05:00August 13th, 2015|Corporate, Education, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Soft Skills in the World

2/ 3 of Success in the Workplace is Soft Skills [Infographic]

Download our Infographic on Soft Skills!   2/ 3 of Success in the Workplace is Soft Skills Why are soft skills and soft skill assessments important for business? Read the facts below and see for yourself. Understanding soft skills (or emotional intelligence) and how it contributes to any work organization [...]

By |2017-04-30T16:18:24-05:00March 19th, 2015|Corporate, Education, Emotional Intelligence|Comments Off on 2/ 3 of Success in the Workplace is Soft Skills [Infographic]

Workplace Readiness

In our previous post, we discussed the new WIOA law and what that means for federal and youth programs. With the new law, federal programs now serve more youth with disabilities and must ensure they are prepared for the workforce. Youth programs have only served 20% of youth with disabilities, [...]

By |2019-09-30T15:35:30-05:00November 13th, 2014|Corporate, Education, Soft Skills|Comments Off on Workplace Readiness

Personal Responsibility & Multi-Tiered System of Supports

The focus of this last blog in our series of twelve is on personal responsibility.  The Personal Responsibility Scale is the last scale in our Personal Responsibility Map, which is the core assessment in our Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals program. It is the last scale in the assessment [...]

By |2017-04-30T16:18:25-05:00April 23rd, 2014|Corporate, Education, Emotional Intelligence|Comments Off on Personal Responsibility & Multi-Tiered System of Supports

Resiliency and Multi-Tiered System of Supports

Resiliency is the tenth in our twelve-part series on our Personal Responsibility Map®, which is a core assessment in our Personal Responsibility—Achieving Academic and Career Goals™  program. Resiliency is the ability to work through activities and cause bottom-line results to happen. Resiliency to many is the ability to bounce back [...]

By |2017-04-30T16:18:25-05:00April 8th, 2014|Corporate, Education, Emotional Intelligence|Comments Off on Resiliency and Multi-Tiered System of Supports

A Workplace Readiness Credential For Those Who Need It The Most

The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that only two out of ten individuals with a disability are able to find and keep a job.  I ask myself, “Why is this?” This simple question has no simple answer. There are many reasons that can cause a 20% employment rate [...]

By |2017-04-30T16:18:25-05:00March 21st, 2014|Corporate, Education, Emotional Intelligence|Comments Off on A Workplace Readiness Credential For Those Who Need It The Most
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