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title: Soft Skills Development
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# Soft Skills Development

## 매 한 줄
> **"매 soft skills = 매 hard skills 의 매 force-multiplier"**. 매 communication, 매 emotional intelligence, 매 collaboration, 매 negotiation, 매 leadership 등 매 codify-hard 한 interpersonal skills. 매 2026 년 LLM 시대 에서는 매 hard skills 의 매 commoditize → 매 soft skills 가 매 differentiator. World Economic Forum *Future of Jobs 2025* 의 top-10 의 매 7 가 soft skills.

## 매 핵심

### 매 taxonomy (modern WEF 2025)
1. **Analytical thinking**: 매 problem 의 매 decompose, 매 evidence weighing.
2. **Resilience / flexibility**: 매 setback 후 의 매 recovery + 매 ambiguity tolerance.
3. **Leadership / social influence**: 매 vision casting, 매 buy-in 형성.
4. **Curiosity / lifelong learning**: 매 self-directed upskilling.
5. **Creativity**: 매 novel combinations 생성.
6. **Empathy / active listening**: 매 emotional perspective-taking.
7. **Self-efficacy / motivation**: 매 internal drive.
8. **Talent management**: 매 team 의 매 develop / 매 retain.
9. **Service orientation**: 매 customer empathy.
10. **Systems thinking**: 매 cause-effect web 매 mapping.

### 매 development modalities
- **Deliberate practice**: 매 specific feedback loop, 매 challenge zone (Ericsson).
- **Reflection**: 매 journaling, 매 after-action review (AAR).
- **Mentorship / coaching**: 매 1:1 의 매 high-bandwidth feedback.
- **Cross-functional rotation**: 매 different teams / domains 의 exposure.
- **Toastmasters / debate clubs**: 매 communication 의 매 deliberate venue.

### 매 measurement (어려움)
- **360-degree feedback**: 매 peer/manager/report 의 매 anonymous input.
- **Behavioral interview**: STAR (Situation-Task-Action-Result) format.
- **Peer ratings over time**: 매 trend signal.
- **매 caveat**: 매 Goodhart — 매 metric 의 매 game-able.

## 💻 패턴

### Pattern 1: After-action review template
```markdown
# AAR — [Project/Event Name]
**Date**: 2026-05-10  **Owner**: [name]

## 매 What was supposed to happen?
- ...

## 매 What actually happened?
- ...

## 매 What went well?
- ... (매 specific behaviors, not vague praise)

## 매 What could be improved?
- ... (매 systems-level, 매 not blame)

## 매 Lessons / Action items
- [ ] [Action] — owner — by [date]
```

### Pattern 2: Active-listening framework (HEAR)
```text
H — Halt: 매 own response generation 의 매 pause.
E — Engage: 매 eye contact, 매 verbal acknowledgment ("I see").
A — Anticipate: 매 speaker 의 매 emotion / unstated need 의 매 detect.
R — Replay: 매 paraphrase back ("So what I'm hearing is...").
```

### Pattern 3: Feedback delivery (SBI model)
```text
S — Situation: "In yesterday's standup..."
B — Behavior: "...you interrupted Maria three times..."
I — Impact: "...which I think made her stop sharing her concerns."

매 specific + 매 behavioral + 매 impact-focused. 매 not 매 personality attack.
```

### Pattern 4: Negotiation prep (BATNA)
```text
1. 매 internal: 매 your interests vs positions.
2. 매 BATNA: 매 Best Alternative To Negotiated Agreement.
3. 매 ZOPA: 매 Zone of Possible Agreement (overlap with counterparty).
4. 매 anchor: 매 first offer 의 매 prepare.
5. 매 walk-away: 매 reservation point.
```

## 매 결정 기준
| 상황 | Approach |
|---|---|
| 매 IC 단계 의 시작 | Communication + 매 collaboration 우선 |
| 매 senior IC / staff | Influence + 매 mentorship |
| 매 manager 전환 | EQ + 매 difficult conversations + 매 delegation |
| 매 director+ | Strategic communication + 매 org politics |
| 매 founder | All-of-the-above + 매 storytelling + 매 negotiation |

**기본값**: 매 1 skill 의 매 6 month focus — 매 broad shallow X.

## 🔗 Graph
- 응용: [[Conflict Resolution]]
- Adjacent: [[Deliberate Practice]] · [[Growth Mindset]]

## 🤖 LLM 활용
**언제**: 매 difficult conversation 의 매 rehearsal, 매 feedback draft 의 매 SBI-frame, 매 written communication 의 매 tone polish.
**언제 X**: 매 actual interpersonal interaction — 매 LLM 의 매 substitute X. 매 face-to-face practice 필수.

## ❌ 안티패턴
- **"Soft" = unimportant**: 매 misnomer — 매 hard skills 의 매 leverage.
- **One-shot training**: 매 weekend workshop 만 — 매 deliberate practice 부족.
- **Unmeasured improvement**: 매 feedback loop 없는 self-development — 매 plateau.
- **Mimicry only**: 매 charismatic leader 의 매 behavior copy — 매 authenticity 결여.

## 🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (WEF *Future of Jobs Report 2025*; Ericsson *Peak* 2016; Goleman *Emotional Intelligence* 1995).
- 신뢰도 A.

## 🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 | 변경 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — Soft Skills 의 WEF 2025 taxonomy, modalities, AAR/HEAR/SBI/BATNA frameworks 정리 |
