Soft Skills For Tech Professionals
Advance your tech career by mastering soft skills including effective communication, cultural awareness, negotiation and professional politeness.
Advance your tech career by mastering soft skills including effective communication, cultural awareness, negotiation and professional politeness.
This comprehensive course focuses on developing crucial transferable non-technical skills that are highly valued across the technology industry. Designed for professionals with at least an Intermediate (B1) level of English, the program addresses the often-overlooked soft skills that help technically proficient individuals distinguish themselves in competitive work environments. The course is particularly valuable for those experiencing workplace communication challenges, professionals whose career advancement has been hindered despite technical expertise, and newcomers to the tech industry who feel out of alignment with industry culture. Through six focused modules, participants learn practical skills including crafting an effective elevator pitch, securing buy-in for ideas, appropriately raising issues, participating productively in Scrum meetings, clearly communicating complex concepts, and providing constructive feedback. The curriculum benefits a diverse audience including employed tech professionals seeking career growth, job seekers at all experience levels, members of international tech teams, and students or recent graduates looking to establish a strong foundation for their careers. By completing this course, participants will significantly reduce workplace misunderstandings, develop compelling self-presentation skills for networking events and business introductions, build stronger rapport with overseas colleagues, and enhance their overall effectiveness in professional communication settings.
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What you'll learn
Create a compelling elevator pitch for networking events and business introductions
Develop effective strategies to gain buy-in for your ideas and projects
Raise workplace issues constructively without damaging professional relationships
Communicate clearly and efficiently in Scrum and other agile methodology meetings
Explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences with varying levels of expertise
Provide constructive feedback that encourages growth and improvement
Skills you'll gain
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive approach to developing essential soft skills specifically tailored for technology professionals. The curriculum is organized into six strategic modules addressing different aspects of professional communication and interpersonal effectiveness. Module 1 focuses on crafting an impactful elevator pitch, teaching participants how to concisely and effectively communicate their value proposition in networking scenarios and brief professional introductions. Module 2 addresses the art of getting buy-in, helping tech professionals learn persuasion techniques to gain support for their ideas and projects from colleagues, managers, and stakeholders. Module 3 covers the delicate skill of raising issues, teaching participants how to constructively highlight problems, concerns, or roadblocks while maintaining professional relationships. Module 4 concentrates on Scrum meeting participation, providing specific communication strategies for this key agile methodology context where clear, concise updates are essential. Module 5 focuses on getting your point across, particularly when explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences or when communicating across cultural and linguistic barriers. The final module addresses giving feedback, teaching participants how to provide constructive criticism and positive reinforcement in ways that encourage growth rather than defensiveness. Throughout the course, practical scenarios and exercises help participants develop these skills in contexts directly relevant to technology workplaces.
Elevator Pitch
Module 1
Getting Buy-in
Module 2
Raising Issues
Module 3
Scrum Meeting
Module 4
Getting your point across
Module 5
Giving feedback
Module 6
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