Reflect on your view of people skills and assess your own people skills, as presented through one of the many self-assessment tools freely available on the Internet.

Part 1: Reflect on the following quote: "You don't always hire for hard skills; you hire for soft skills; you can always teach hard skills." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Justify your response.

Part 2: From a subjective perspective, how would you rate your people (soft) skills?

Access the Test Your People Skills survey on the Mindtools web page and complete the survey (https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_36.htmLinks to an external site.). Note that free access is limited. Access the page when you are ready to complete the brief assessment. Calculate your score on the site and read the score band that matches your score. In your paper, discuss the following:

• What did your score say about your people skills? Do you agree or disagree?
• Identify three people skills you feel you can improve on and discuss distinct strategies on how you can go about developing these interpersonal behaviors.