Many hard-driving leaders believe the technical competencies of individuals are far more important than the soft skills in making them the most value added to the organization. These no-nonsense leaders think the "touch-feely" skills of communicating well, listening well, interacting well, and motivating one another are in the realm of "hocus-pocus", and, thus, see no real value to the tough-minded business person's success in the organization. In this paper, we shall look into how organizational …showed first 75 words of 1010 total…

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