Content written by Leah Weiss and published by BizEd
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Extracted Content: TO LAND A JOB in a secure, lucrative leadership position, business school graduates once had to check off all the technical skill boxes. But these competencies are no longer enough to dazzle recruiters—and MBA students know it.
Today, it’s the soft skills that are much in demand. Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Wharton, the London Business School, HEC Montreal, and many other business schools are offering courses that focus on the soft skills. For instance, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in California, I teach ‘‘Leading with Mindfulness and Compassion,” which covers how students can leverage teamwork, cooperation, mindfulness, and compassion to achieve personal fulfillment and success in their careers. The course is consistently waitlisted as 100 students hope to secure one of 30 spots in the class.