A Journey Through Soft Skills
- 1. Test A Journey Through Soft Skills | Patrick Vincler
- 2. “The reward is the journey, rather than the destination” - Chinese Proverb
- 3. Soft Skills Skills that characterize our relationships with other people. Increasingly sought by employers in addition to functional skills. Benefit anyone, regardless of the type of job they do.
- 4. Soft Skill Examples Adaptability Teamwork & Collaboration Conflict Resolution Critical Thinking Problem Solving Communication Networking Professionalism Enthusiasm & Attitude Empathy Negotiation Public Speaking Time Management Leadership
- 11. Soft Skills: Adaptability, Conflict Resolution, Teamwork & Collaboration
- 12. Adaptability
- 13. Adaptability
- 20. Hilo pic
- 22. Then I went back to school
- 23. Soft Skills: Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, & Communication
- 25. Problem Solving
- 26. Communication
- 27. Soft Skills Adaptability Teamwork & Collaboration Conflict Resolution Critical Thinking Problem Solving Communication Functional Skills Design Marketing Project Management Technical Savvy Business Acumen
- 28. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- #2: Not whole life story Fun entertaining part Try to weave the a theme through it – soft skills
- #4: Developer, designer, admin, finance,
- #5: Examples of just some soft skills Sake of time, focus on these Share a small part of my life journey, and I how acquired
- #6: The Coast Guard is an armed maritime service with military, law enforcement, marine environmental protection, search-and-rescue (SAR) missions
- #7: You learn how to swim
- #8: You learn how to deal with emergencies
- #9: Weapon handling
- #10: But most of all stress
- #11: After basic training 19 years old, polar class icebreaker Antarctic to the North Pole Missions: scientific platform, breaking MC sound, SAR Perfect for picking up a few soft skills
- #12: Truly and epic journey for me In more ways than one These soft skills
- #13: (Adapting) - 19 leaving comforts of home - Physically demanding 68 hour work week Boss that would hand my ass to me daily Typical deployment of 4 to 6 months
- #14: (Adapting) Worked a lot in main propulsion (engine room) Temperatures would range from 20 - 120 degrees Backbreaking work Really engrained an ability to adapt One of the many roles expected (adapting)
- #15: (Conflict Resolution) - Have a problem, can’t just avoid it - 400 feet of steel, same people every day all day - Early on; Engine room fight.
- #16: (Conflict Resolution) Bringing things to clam by confronting I had to learn how to deal with different personalities, and settle differences.
- #17: (Teamwork) - Ship ran because we all did our job, even if we were sick. - Fire on the ship, we were the fire department
- #18: (Teamwork) - Teamwork extends to the unit level as well - In times of war, the CG fall under the Navy, coordinating with them is very important
- #19: (Teamwork) - Part of a team that saved lives mattered - Pride
- #20: (Teamwork) - Part of a team that saved lives mattered - Pride
- #21: (Teamwork) - Part of a team that saved lives mattered - Pride
- #22: After Icebreaker 2 years, a lot of SAR, LE Mostly Bearing Sea
- #23: 3 Universities 3 Countries
- #24: Brings us to these soft skills Double Major in Design and French Spent a Year abroad in Paris
- #25: (Critical Thinking) Immersion program in a French University The French love to debate – an art, and the love to analyze Talk in circles for hours, challenge you The question of “why” not just “what” People’s attitudes were different
- #26: Immersed in a foreign culture The rules of the road social were different Dating was different Signing up from class Had good daily exposure situations I hadn’t encountered before Had my fair share of failures to
- #27: Obviously language thing For what I couldn’t comprehend in French, compensated by reading body language better Reading the surrounding context of a situation
- #28: After School, I started my career in marketing I picked up these functional skills on the right These are things I try working on daily But my journey isn’t over, sharing it right now with you
- #29: So in review, these are just some of the soft skills we can all continue to hone in our lives and our careers.