SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY, KOLHAPUR
DEPARTMENT OF MBA
PRESENTED BY:
Mr. Harshal dagaji patil
UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF :
MRS. RENUKA TURAMBEKAR
Basics of Soft Skills
(Introduction to soft skills, Importance,
Understanding oneself)

CONTENT:
 INTRODUCTION TO SOFT SKILLS
 IMPORTANCE OF SOFT SKILLS
 UNDERSTANDING ONESELF
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION TO SOFT SKILLS :
 Soft skills could be defined as life skills which are
behaviours used appropriately and responsibly in the
management of personal affairs.
 Soft skills are an essential part of finding, attracting and
retaining clients.
 Highly developed presentation skills, networking abilities
and awareness can help you win new clients and gain more
work from existing clients.
 Strong soft skills ensure a productive, collaborative and
healthy work environment, all vital attributes for
organisations in an increasingly competitive world.

Some important soft skills are :
 Communication
 Teamwork
 Adaptability
 Problem solving
 Critical observation
 Leadership

Communication skills :
Teamwork :
Communication skills improve your chances of
building relationships with co-workers.
Communication skills boost your performance because
they help you to extract clear expectations so that you
can deliver excellent work.
A teamwork environment promotes an atmosphere that
fosters friendship and loyalty.
Brainstorming is a good opportunity for the team to
exchange ideas and come up with creative ways of
doing things.
By working together, teams can find the solutions that
works best.

Adaptability :
Problem Solving:
Adaptability as a skill refers to the ability of a person to change
his/her actions, course or approach to doing things in order to
suit a new situation.
Adaptability is not just about changing something or adjusting
to a situation.
It encompasses being able to effect changes in a course of action
with smoothness and timeliness, without any major setbacks.
It is the ability to recognize difficulties or complications,
identify possible solutions, implement them and finally follow
up to make sure they were successful.
Problem solving gives us a mechanism for identifying these
things, figuring out why they are broken and determining a
course of action to fix them.

Critical observation :
Leadership :
Critical observation gives employees the ability to see
a problem before its even on the horizon and to
interpret research data in order to meet the evolving
needs of your organization.
Leadership is the process of actions and operations,
creativity and emotions of mind, body and soul.
Leader is the person who inspires others and
fulfillment of the mind, body, nature and the
activities of the environment to a particular purpose
in business, career and life.

Importance of soft skills :
 Soft skills are an essential part of finding, attracting and
retaining clients.
 Soft skills are interpersonal skills which are used to describe
your approach to life, work and relationships with other
peoples.
 Skills such as listening, collaborating with others, presenting
ideas and communicating with team members are all highly
valued in the modern workplace.
 Strong soft skills ensure a productive and healthy work
environment.
 The importance of soft skills can be understood through the
ways in which a person works in key areas of profession.

 In understanding oneself, one develops an intimate friendship with
oneself, becoming more comfortable alone and immersed in one’s
thoughts.
 The benefits of understanding oneself is greater self-confidence
and the ability to forgive oneself for being the way one is.
 Self awareness is important because when we have a better
understanding of ourselves, we are able to experience ourselves as
unique and separate individuals.
 We are then empowered to make changes and to build on our
areas of strength as well as identify areas where we would like to
make improvements.
Understanding Oneself :

REFERENCE BOOKS-
Communication : Skills and Soft Skills
- Avani Sharma , Yking Books, Jaipur 2017
WEBSITES-
 www.google.com
 https://www.mbopartners.com
 https://www.skillsyouneed.com
 https://www.cleverism.com
Bibliography :