1. Knowledge Session: Building Soft Skills for Business Success

2. Presenters Robert Pasick, Leaders Connect Naheed Huq, SEMCOG Aron Gerics, Mott Community College

3. THE LIFELONG SOFT SKILLS FRAMEWORK AND E- LEARNING MODULES Governor’s Economic Summit March 2, 2015

4. ECONOMIC STRATEGY

5. BACKGROUND SEMCOG/MAC Talent Task Force Three Pilot Projects –Soft Skills –Infrastructure and Jobs –STEM Careers and Skilled Trades

6. WHAT IS THE LIFELONG SOFT SKILLS FRAMEWORK? P lan that identifies 18 basic skills for workplace success Identifies 8 stakeholder groups Creates lifelong plan for soft skill development, reinforcement, coordination Policy recommendations and Best Practices

7. WHAT ARE SOFT SKILLS? Non-technical skills Personal traits: –work ethic, personal judgment, initiative Learned academic skills: –digital literacy, communications, three “r”s Life skills: –Time management, Teamwork, Diversity Problem Solving

8. PERSONAL TRAITS AND ACADEMIC SKILLS

9. LIFE SKILLS

10. RECOMMENDATIONS Raise awareness of soft skills and workplace success Replicate successful pilot programs Emphasize soft skills in K-12 curriculum, make connections with life success

11. ELEARNING VIDEOS 14 new videos Publicly available DISC profile Four groups of skills http://www.mitalent.org/elearning- soft-skills-program/ http://www.mitalent.org/elearning- soft-skills-program/

12. DISC PROFILE www.DiSCProfile.com DominanceInfluence SteadinessConscientious

15. WHY ARE THE VIDEOS IMPORTANT? Responds to Employer needs Relates soft skills directly to workplace and life success Different audiences Open source Contextual messages

16. NEXT STEPS Fine-tuning context based notes for different users Presentations to different audiences Technical programs to include relevant soft skills Identify soft skills in job ads

17. Southeast Michigan Council of Governments 1001 Woodward Ave, Ste. 1400 Detroit, MI 48226 www.semcog.org Naheed Huq Leader, Education and Workforce Development SEMCOG Executive Office 313 324-3356 huq@semcog.org