The IBM Institute for Business Value has produced a report which identifies which skills matter most. Executives’ responses indicate workers require a blend of both digital skills and soft skills – also called behavioral skills – to be successful in the workforce. In the IBM 2016 report on global skills, “Facing the storm,” executives placed a high value on digital skills. The latest research reveals that a shift is occurring; executives’ views regarding the priority of critical skills have taken a turn from digital and technical to behavioral or so called soft skills. In fact, soft skills dominated the top four core competencies global executives seek.
