In global development, technical skills may get you the job, but soft skills will ensure you succeed.
Soft skills, which define an individual's emotional intelligence, are "extraordinarily important in the decision-making process" when managing projects, according to Joseph Scheibel, an MSI technical associate and a veteran of supervising project teams in hardship posts such as Iraq.
And based on his experience, the balance between soft and technical skills in determining success in the field tips overwhelmingly in favor of the former, at a ratio of 90 percent soft skills to 10 percent technical skills.