The following is my answer to a Quora question: “Is leadership a soft skill?”
A soft skill is any learned attribute which helps us relate to and interact with others, to gain a positive outcome. Soft skills, unlike hard skills, are not measureable. You can test for engineering knowledge to qualify someone. You cannot test for leadership and quantify it. Competency in soft skills is found in results, often over an extended period of time.
Leadership is a core soft skill. Contrary to what is often believed, few people are born leaders. What we often assume is leadership, especially among children and young adults, is often simply assertiveness, charisma, and the function of the group. Those may be the building blocks of leadership, but they do not constitute the entirety of leadership, let alone the mastery of it.
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