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CEOs reveal the skill they want staff to exhibit most...

CEOs reveal the skill they want staff to exhibit most...

A survey of CEOs, who head up companies on Fortune’s 2017 100 Best Companies to Work for list, has revealed the skill they want staff to exhibit the most.

Although training and onboarding programmes might focus on staff maintaining specific, technical skillsets, top-level CEOs have highlighted the importance of their staff having positive-minded “soft skills.”

The attribute these execs looked for most often was “cultural fit.” Many of these CEOs explained that maintaining a company culture, which all staff bought into, was integral to success.

Less tangible skills, such as “enthusiasm” and “curiosity” were also high on CEO’s lists of desired employee attributes – Fortune reports.

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