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Lose the expression "Soft Skills" Use the label "Human Skills." Cheers, Bill ------------------------------ William M. Hayden Jr., Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, F.ASCE Buffalo, N.Y. "It is never too late to be what you might have been." -- George Eliot 1819 - 1880 ------------------------------

Dr. Deming's Point 8: "Drive Fear Out of the Workplace." Deming said a worker, fearful of a manager's reaction, will provide that manager with any numbers to stay safe. More on this at: Deming.org Q. What and how are executives in your org transforming their individual experts into expert teams. ...

Thanks to one and all for sharing your thoughts. Whenever this subject surfaces, I recall the line from the Paul Newman movie in which he keeps trying to escape jail, and the warden keeps catching him. The scene: Paul is caught again, and the warden leans over him as Paul is lying in a ditch ...

Re: "Our future engineers' communications and social skills education starts long before declaring their major; it starts in our homes as we raise our children and, in our communities, when we interact with young people. " So James, while what you state is so, its the root-cause why the knowledge and ...

Thanks to each and all for "listening!" :-) Perhaps one way to start is when initially confronted with any question or challenge, make your first response: "Tell me more...please. Cheers, Bill ------------------------------ William M. Hayden Jr., Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, F.ASCE Buffalo, ...