Soft Skills for 2026 and Beyond

Soft Skills Wheel Workshop (2-3 hours or 2-3 one-hour sessions)

If you’re a Business English teacher looking to go beyond grammar and vocabulary and bring real workplace value to your clients, this workshop is the bridge. The Soft Skills Wheel helps you merge language development with professional soft skills so trainees practice English while working on what actually matters in their careers.

Participants explore 10 essential soft skills for 2026:

• Adaptive communication
• Critical thinking & judgment
• Hybrid collaboration
• Emotional intelligence
• Learning agility
• Problem solving & first-principles thinking
• Persuasion & influence
• Creativity & innovation
• Resilience & stress regulation
• Self-leadership & ownership

What’s inside:

Seven page teachers guide with:

✔ Brainstorming workplace forces shaping the future

✔ Soft skills discussion tasks with language scaffolding

✔ Self-assessment wheel (importance vs. current skill)

✔ Consensus negotiation in pairs and small groups

✔ Vocabulary clarification and emergent language opportunities

✔ Three options for Interactive rating activities that get people talking

✔ Goal-setting clinic using the GROW coaching model

✔ Personal action plan for 2026 — professional English meets real growth

Ideal for trainers who want to:

• Create sessions that feel useful, modern, and relevant
• Help learners think in English about real workplace challenges
• Support clients with communication + professionalism in one package
• Deliver higher-value training that stands out in corporate environments

Help your trainees identify their strengths, articulate their goals in English, and make real progress.