Selling your value, requesting a promotion, negotiating salary, setting boundaries, saying no, handling criticism, effective apologies, repairing trust, and inclusive dialogue.
Technical skills get someone the job. Soft skills get them the promotion — and they're taught to almost nobody outside the leadership track.
Career progression — Selling Your Value (essential for performance reviews), Requesting a Promotion, Negotiating Salary. Learning to articulate impact factually rather than apologetically.
Sustainable working — Setting Boundaries, Saying No, Expressing Needs. The art of declining well so people can focus on high-impact work without burning out.
Resilience — Handling Criticism, Reacting to Reviews, Effective Apologies, Repairing Trust. Everyone messes up; few are ever taught how to repair it.
Culture — Inclusive Dialogues.
Offering these to everyone rather than just leaders is one of the clearer signals an organisation can send about who development is for.