Free Soft Skills Courses on LinkedIn Learning 2024 April

Try these free soft skills courses from LinkedIn Learning to master the most in-demand professional soft skills.

Set yourself apart from the pack by getting the essential soft skills -abilities that help people interact effectively with others – that employers value most, from communication fundamentals and being a team player to advancing your critical thinking skills.

Here are 11 free courses for learning soft skills with more than 9 hours of content and you can also get a free certificate after completing each of these courses.

1. Developing Your Emotional Intelligence

Instructor: Gemma Leigh Roberts

Level: Beginner

Duration: 1 hour

Learn how to enhance your personal performance and build effective relationships at work by developing emotional intelligence.

2. Building Resilience

Instructor: Tatiana Kolovou

Level: General

Duration: 34 minutes

Learn how to bounce back from difficult situations, by building your “resiliency threshold,” with these training techniques.

3. Embracing Unexpected Change

Instructor: Todd Dewett

Level: General

Duration: 14 minutes

Improve how you deal with change in your professional and personal life. Learn how to put change in the proper context, create the right perspective, and become more resilient.

4. Critical Thinking for Better Judgment and Decision-Making

Instructor: Becki Saltzman

Level: Advanced

Duration: 56 minutes

Teach your team how to think critically. Learn how to use critical thinking to avoid fallacies, spot biases, craft better arguments, hone judgment, and improve decision-making.

5. Why Trust Matters with Rachel Botsman

Instructor: Rachel Botsman

Level: General

Duration: 25 minutes

Explore ways to identify and address trust issues in your personal and professional life.

6. Teamwork Foundations

Instructor: Chris Croft

Level: Beginner

Duration: 1.5 hours

Learn the qualities of effective teams and the role you, as a team member, play in creating a healthy, productive team.

7. Communication Foundations

Instructor: Brenda Bailey-Hughes

Level: Beginner

Duration: 1.5 hours

Build your communication skills. Learn how to communicate more effectively in professional situations, including meetings, email, and presentations.

8. Effective Listening

Instructor: Brenda Bailey-Hughes

Level: General

Duration: 1.5 hours

Communications experts Tatiana Kolovou and Brenda Bailey-Hughes help you assess your listening skills and develop more-effective listening behaviors.

9. Persuading Others

Instructor: Dorie Clark

Level: Beginner

Duration: 33 minutes

Ensure that your ideas get a fair hearing by cultivating your persuasion skills. Discover how to establish credibility and how to make it easier for people to respond with a “yes.”