The cover theme for the July issue is ‘soft skills’. Stephen Kozicki, Managing Partner, Gordian Business opines that technological advancements require leaders to develop new soft skills in negotiating teams and hone existing ones. Pradeep Bangalore, Director-People Operations, SmartDrive talks about how unconscious bias leads to recruiters often taking the wrong decision, though candidates have the right set of soft and hard skills. Dr Debashish Sengupta, professor, millennial expert, author, and business consultant says that students can no longer afford to let soft skills take a back seat as it could cost them dear. Muniinder K Anand, Managing Director India & South Asia, Center for Creative Leadership suggests that for managers, there is no better way to be effective than to strengthen their core skills and seize new challenges.