Abstract:

                          Recent research findings have reinforced the Importance of soft skills for managerial success. Consequently, there is an ongoing practical need for and research interest in effective soft skill training. In order to improve the soft skills of their employees, companies have begun to turn to performing artists in the hope of achieving a high training effect. While this phenomenon has created excitement, it has hardly been the subject of serious investigation guided by research questions and executed research methodologies. In particular, hardly any insights exist into the exercises artists use when providing soft skill training and coaching for a business audience. In order to explore such activities in a systematic way, this paper turns the attention to the performing arts higher education curriculum for identifying relevant exercise categories and for linking them to soft skills. However, the research has also limitations, especially a too conservative number of connections between performing arts curricular items and soft skill categories. These shortcomings are used for motivating future research.

Key Words: Management, Soft Skills, Employees, Coaching