Soft skills compiled by Eastern Kentucky University from executive listings. Soft skills Soft skills are a combination of people skills, social skills, communication skills, character of personality traits, attitudes, career attribute, social intelligence and emotional intelligence quotients among others that enable people to navigate their environment, work well with others, perform well, and achieve their goals with complementing hard skills. The Collins English Dictionary defines the term "soft skills" as "desirable qualities for certain forms of employment that do not depend on acquired knowledge: they include common sense, the ability to deal with people, and a positive flexible attitude." Since 1959, the
Spiritual intelligence Spiritual intelligence Spiritual intelligence is a term used by some philosophers, psychologists, and developmental theorists to indicate spiritual parallels with IQ (Intelligence Quotient) and EQ (Emotional Quotient). Danah Zohar coined the term "spiritual intelligence" and introduced the idea in 1997 in her book "ReWiring the Corporate Brain". In the same year, 1997, Ken O'Donnell, an Australian author and consultant living in Brazil, also introduced the term "spiritual intelligence" in his book "Endoquality - the emotional and spiritual dimensions of the human being in organizations". In 2000, in the book "Spiritual Intelligence", author and intuitive, Michal Levin, outlined the concept as