Skip to content
KnowledgeCity

One-Minute Soft Skill Habits To Thrive in Your Career

Build essential workplace habits in just one minute a day.
Preview the first lesson free — get full access to all 8 lessons.
Course: On-Demand
Essential Provider KnowledgeCity  8 Lessons ·  19m  in Arabic, English, Spanish 

Course Description

Soft skills are the foundation of effective workplace interactions and professional growth. Developing them helps you build success in the workplace. This course, One-Minute Soft Skill Habits to Thrive in Your Career, provides practical techniques to help you build and strengthen these critical abilities.

You’ll explore quick, daily habits to enhance organization and prioritization, so you can stay on top of your deadlines and goals. Learn how to maintain focus with simple exercises that keep distractions away and allow you to deliver high-quality results. Develop effective listening and communication skills to foster stronger relationships, reduce misunderstandings, and improve collaboration with colleagues.

We’ll also emphasize how to build empathy and decision-making skills, helping you navigate workplace dynamics with confidence and understanding. By the end of this course, you’ll learn easy-to-adopt practices that fit into even the busiest schedules, allowing you to cultivate meaningful habits that lead to career success.

What You'll Learn

  • Improve organization and prioritization with quick daily practices
  • Maintain focus and productivity in high-pressure situations
  • Develop effective listening and communication skills
  • Build empathy and make confident decisions
  • Adopt easy one-minute habits that fit into busy schedules

Key Takeaways

  • Soft skills are the foundation of effective workplace interactions and professional growth.
  • Quick, daily habits can enhance organization and prioritization to help you stay on top of deadlines and goals.
  • Simple focus exercises help keep distractions away and allow you to deliver high-quality results.
  • Effective listening and communication foster stronger relationships, reduce misunderstandings, and improve collaboration.
  • Building empathy and decision-making skills helps you navigate workplace dynamics with confidence and understanding.

Frequently Asked Questions

What soft skills does this course cover?

It covers organization and prioritization, maintaining focus, effective listening and communication, building empathy, and making confident decisions.

Who is this course for?

It is for people who want to build and strengthen soft skills to thrive in their career, including those with busy schedules looking for easy-to-adopt practices.

What approach does the course use?

It provides practical, one-minute daily habits and simple exercises that fit into even the busiest schedules.

What topics are included in the lessons?

Lessons include Introduction, Organizing and Prioritizing, Achieving and Maintaining Focus, Listening Effectively, Communicating Effectively, Learning To Empathize, Making Decisions, and a Test Your Knowledge assessment.

What skills will I gain from this course?

You will gain skills in active listening, decision making, and productivity improvement.

Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.5

Certification Program Categories:
Ways of WorkingPower SkillsBusiness Acumen

KnowledgeCity has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. Users can maintain your PMI credentials by earning PDUs from KnowledgeCity qualified courses in Project Management, Business Management, Leadership and many others.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM®)

Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.5

Certification Program Categories:
Leadership & NavigationBusiness AcumenConsultationGlobal MindsetEthical PracticeRelationship ManagementAnalytical AptitudeCommunicationDiversity, Equity & Inclusion

KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).