Soft skills - hard impact: "This coaching thing is all about people"

(Soft Skills - große Wirkung: "Bei diesem Coaching dreht sich alles um Menschen")

This article explores how successful sport coaching hinges on soft skills and a people-first focus beyond technical know-how. Interpersonal, emotional, cognitive and values-based skills like communication, empathy and integrity are key to effective, ethical highperformance coaching. It frames soft skills via UNESCO, OECD and World Economic Forum as broad socioemotional competencies, with Serial Winning Coaches research highlighting vision, people and environment for sustainable success and athlete wellbeing.
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Notationen:Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften
Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Biathlon Coaching
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2026
Heft:5
Seiten:22-25
Dokumentenarten:Artikel
Level:hoch