Soft Skill Trainer: Essential Soft Skills Every Trainer Should Possess
Types of corporate training –
The 2 main types of training in corporations are technical and non-technical.
In technical, one can have technical skills development, cyber security, office tools training, etc.
In non-technical, one can have related to diversity and inclusion, mental and physical health, sales, leadership, change management, etc.
A soft skills trainer hence is many times in demand for many corporate training for many non-technical training. Whereas a technical trainer is very niche specific and technical skillset specific, is also in demand.
Skills every trainer must possess –
One important skill is soft skills itself. He might be a PhD in leadership management, but if he cannot engage his workshop attendees for even 1 hour in a row, then he won’t prosper as a trainer.
The lesser known facts about soft skills is the ability to entertain and engage. The soft skill trainer has to be an entertaining storyteller
Another important trait is that every soft skill trainer needs to be a really good sales guy. He needs to sell to the corporates his workshops and he needs to be a master in negotiating his remuneration fees. One should not be underselling their services
Last but not the least, the biggest skill a soft skill trainer or any trainer needs is resilience.
Most trainers are freelancers or have their company. They are responsible for their own salary. Hence there might be lull times where there will be zero incoming money. This will lead to desperation and frustration. One needs to be resilient enough to ride over this tough wave.
Methods to get better in soft skills
To get better at soft skills is a very long process. The unfortunate part of learning soft skills is that you can only get better at it, when you practise it very well and practise it for a very long time.Article Sponsored Find something for everyone in our collection of colourful, bright and stylish socks. Buy individually or in bundles to add color to your sock drawer!
Every person is comfortable with their own respective method, which works for them.
Here is the list:
- Practicing under a mentor – This can be coach or senior friend who will guide you and tell you where you are going wrong on continuous basis
- Be part of a peer group – While there are various mediums to learn any skill, it will only flourish when you practise it with like-minded fellow members. The key is to be consistent in practising your skill and with like-minded people pursuing the same goal, gives the right motivation
- Self-learning – If you are all by yourself in learning a skill, the key is to apply the learnt skill, measure its progress, understand what went wrong and then rework while improving on the mistakes. And the cycle continues on and on.
In conclusion, every kind of trainer in the industry needs to be equipped with soft skills.
