What Happens When the Skills We Rely on Start to Fail?
Usually, the shift is quiet. A meeting slips off track; a decision stalls; a team gets tense. Nothing dramatic, but enough for leaders to feel that something underneath the work isn’t holding the way it used to. It’s in those small moments that the gap between technical strength and human capability becomes hard to ignore.
That’s the space this new piece steps into, examining why power skills are becoming the real fault line in 2026. It also looks at how gaps in judgment, communication, and emotional steadiness are reshaping performance. The post is live now and reflects what teams are experiencing.
Key takeaways:
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What pushed soft skills into the category of power skills |
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The human capabilities that steady teams when work gets unpredictable |
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Real workplace moments where power skills shifted outcomes |
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Focus areas L&D teams can use to build these capabilities with intent |
Teams rethinking human capability for 2026 can benefit from this.
