Analytical Thinking
Applies logical thinking to solve complex problems.
Develop skills that matter the most
Learn how to improve, develop, and master these skills by receiving feedback from people you know and trust.
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Why skills are important
Through our research, Matter has identified the top professional and soft skills that are linked to performance and career success. Contrary to popular belief, these skills can also be taught and learned through a growth mindset just like any hard skills.
Matter helps professionals tease out blindspots and areas for growth through regular peer-to-peer feedback. Feedback that’s actionable for your personal and career aspirations.
All 31 skills
Body Language
Uses engaging and approachable gestures, facial expressions, and postures.
Candor
Communicates in a truthful and in a straightforward manner.
Coaching
Provides guidance to help others achieve their goals.
Code Quality
Writes long-term useful and long-term maintainable code.
Communication
Clearly conveys information to others (written or verbal).
Delegation
Assigns manageable tasks, responsibilities, and authority to others appropriately.
Design Thinking
Applying user-centered methodologies to solve problems and create solutions.
Empathy
Possesses the ability to connect with other people’s thoughts and emotions
Hiring
Convinces talented people to join your team and/or company.
Inclusiveness
Creates an environment that values individual and group differences.
Influence
Convinces others to listen and do things that positively impact the team or company.
Leadership
Leads, motivates, and inspires your team and/or company.
Listening
Attends to the speaker in a way that displays interest and enthusiasm.
Multitasking
Handles more than one task at the same time with ease.
Presenting
Delivers effective, understandable, and engaging presentations to a variety of audiences.
Productivity
Accomplishes significant amount of work without excessive stress.
Project Management
Leads a team project from inception to completion.
Public Speaking
Speaks to a live audience in an informative, persuasive, and entertaining manner.
Resilience
Recovers quickly from difficulties or setbacks.
Resourcefulness
Overcomes challenging problems in an effective way.
Responsiveness
Provides follow-up to peers’ requests for information or assistance without delay.
Social Media Management
Conveys one’s brand, company, or personal views in an effective way via social channels.
Storytelling
Creates an engaging oral or written message that contains a lesson via a narrative.
Strategic Thinking
Develops effective plans that are aligned with an organization’s mission.
Supportiveness
Listens and provides help for individuals or teams in an encouraging, sensitive manner.
Technical Acumen
Grasps the technical details required to lead a project.
Technical Leadership
Ensures strong technical decisions are made while leading a project.
User Research
Uses investigative methods to understand and empathize with customers.
Verbal Communication
Speaks effectively using appropriate vocal tone, speed, volume, and vocabulary.
Vision
Possesses innovative ideas about how things can be vastly improved in the future.
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Professional and soft skills
Success in the workplace boils down to more than just hard skills. Rather, the way you communicate and collaborate with others plays a critical role in your long term success.
Your ability to solve problems, lead, support, and communicate are all great examples of how soft skills can lead to upward career mobility. Learn how to develop, improve, and master these skills.
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Feedback and skill development
More often than not, professionals only realize they are lacking professional and soft skills when it’s too late. On top of that, soft skills are rarely taught in traditional classrooms or learning and development programs.
Unlike hard skills, a deficit in professionals and soft skills is often difficult to spot. At Matter, we believe entire teams can transform into incredible organizations by embracing a culture of candid and frequent feedback giving.