ENGLISH 4 SOFT SKILLS AMONG LEADERS

AN ANALYSIS FROM QURAN AND SUNNAH PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This study is about soft skills among leaders in an organization. Most studies on individual skills are done by researchers from a Western perspective. While studies on soft skills based on the perspective of the Qur'an and Sunnah are less focused. In particular, this study is compiled to meet two (2) main objectives namely; (1) Explore the main concepts of personal skills based on the perspectives of Western and Islamic scholars and 2) List the characteristics of Western and Islamic soft skills into the practice of leaders. This study has chosen a descriptive qualitative approach through the analysis of written documents of scholars to formulate important themes related to the concept of individual skills in the perspectives of Western and Muslim scholars. The results of the study found that there are three main themes on individual skills based on the Quran and Sunnah. From the results of the study, it has been suggested that the leaders should adopt a hybrid soft skills approach that is a combination of Western and Islamic approaches.