How engineers can outperform.
In a world full of information you cannot not communicate.
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Mass communication,
digitalisation,
globalisation and global competition
lead to new challenges and different
requirements in business life.
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Job profiles of technicians and
engineers have changed.
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Hard skills are not enough any more.
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Soft skills make the difference.
- for companies
- for your personal career
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An example:
Austrian small- and mid-sized companies suffer from a financial disadvantage of 153.6 Mio EUR per year.
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Source: Austrian Chamber of Commerce
What are the reasons for that?
- Misunderstandings in the communication process
- Interpersonal conflicts
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Companies save costs and gain competitive advantage when their employees understand the importance of soft skills and are socially competent.
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An optimum performance of the staff positively influences the competitivness of the company.
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Job advertisements on the European jobmarket reflect these new requirements.
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Soft skills are demanded.
- Communication competence
- Self marketing competence
- Ability to work in teams
- Ability to solve conflicts
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Source: IPKeurope, ETstruct
Being socially competent individuals foster their career opportunities, offer added value for their company and benefit also in their private life.
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But how should the individual strengthen his/her soft skills?
- by awareness and self-reflection
- by reading relevant literature
- by personal coaching
- by training
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What are the most important soft skills‘ topics?
- Communication competence
- Self marketing competence
- Working in and leading of teams
- Conflict management
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Communication competence.
- Key techniques and models of communication
- Rhetoric skills- Questioning techniques- Elements and use of body language
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Self marketing competence.
- Self marketing tools- Setting goals
- Presentation skills
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Working in and leading of teams.
- Functioning of teamwork- Conditions for efficient teamwork
- Roles in a team
- Rules in a team
- Team leading
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Conflict management.
- Acceptance of conflicts- Causes of conflicts
- Types of conflicts
- Rules and methods of conflict solving
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To sum up: Why soft skills for engineers?
- Because the job profile has changed.
- Apart from technical knowledge soft skills are demanded.
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In a world full of information you cannot not communicate.
Communicate now!
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