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A senior engineer I coached admitted this to me recently:
“I’m trying to grow into a leadership role … but the ‘soft skills’ feedback I get feels like a riddle.”
And honestly? He’s right and not alone.
Power skills (how I like to call them instead of “soft skills”), matter more than ever, but the way we talk about them make it difficult to comprehend and measure how ‘better’ we’re getting at them.
We throw around big words:
“Be more resilient.”
“Think creatively.”
“Communicate better.”
“Show leadership.”
All true.
None specific.
Power skills don’t feel vague because they’re mysterious.
They feel vague because we describe them like personality traits instead of teachable behaviors.
Today’s piece gets into why that happens, and how to turn these skills into something you can measure, grow, and use.
Power skills feel vague because we use big words, no behaviors, and no context.