What are soft skills?
A soft skill is a personal attribute that supports situational awareness and enhances an individual's ability to get a job done. The term “soft skills” is often used as a synonym for people skills or emotional intelligence.

According to research conducted at Harvard and Stanford Universities, only 15% of your career success is provided by your hard skills, whilst the other 85% by soft skills.

Our Soft Skills program
Our Soft Skills program is a series of workshops that deliver skills that are generally attained through experiences. The program is designed to give all participants a basic understanding of soft skills, which they can then put into practice and ingrain these disciplines in their day-to-day lives, thereby improving their prospects for the future.

We offer Soft Skills programs for both school students and employees in the workplace. They are designed to be fun and engaging to help students absorb the information delivered and enjoy the process of learning how to be well-rounded citizens, successful employees, and future leaders.

The workshops are very interactive incorporating games, discussions, group exercises and outdoor activities. Participants complete a weekly journal that details their experiences and will have a program booklet for information and to refer to in the future as a part of ingraining their new skills.
What some of our previous participants had to say:
YMCA program coordinator
“The course was well conceptualized and implemented.  I commend the tutor's dedication for fully committing to the course and giving his all within each session. He had a great connection with the participants and his attitude never wavered. Mr. Forde can take great credit for the transformation of the students throughout the overall program. I am eagerly looking forward to doing it all over again with a new group”.

Students who completed the Soft Skills course as part of the YMCA Young Leaders’ program said:
“It was a fun course; I learnt a lot about things I didn’t know.”

 “I would tell them to do the course because they can learn a lot from the course that they can use in later life.”
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 “I would say it was really fun and educational!”
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Our Soft Skills Programs

Soft skills for students

The Soft Skills program facilitates students' understanding of soft skills and why they are an important part of the world of work.

Soft skills in the workplace

Our workshops are designed to assist the corporate sector of Barbados in improving leadership and career progression opportunities for all.