Soft skills
- Active ListeningActive listening is fully concentrating on, understanding, and responding to a speaker — capturing meaning and emotion, not just words, so people feel genuinely heard.
- AdaptabilityAdaptability is the ability to adjust quickly and effectively when circumstances, priorities, or plans change, staying productive amid uncertainty.
- AudacityAudacity is the willingness to act boldly in the face of risk or uncertainty — speaking up, making the ambitious choice, or taking initiative when the safe option feels more comfortable.
- AutonomyAutonomy is the capacity to direct your own work and make sound decisions without constant supervision, taking ownership of outcomes from start to finish.
- Body LanguageBody language is the communication conveyed through posture, gesture, facial expression, and tone — the nonverbal signals that shape how your message is received.
- CommunicationCommunication is the ability to convey ideas clearly and persuasively and to be understood the first time, adapting your message to the listener and context.
- ConstructivismConstructivism is the habit of engaging with problems and differing views constructively — building on others' ideas and turning disagreement or obstacles into shared progress rather than deadlock.
- Creative ThinkingCreative thinking is the ability to generate original ideas and unexpected solutions by combining existing concepts in new ways and challenging default assumptions.
- Critical ThinkingCritical thinking is the disciplined evaluation of information, arguments, and evidence to reach well-reasoned judgements rather than relying on assumption or gut feeling.
- CuriosityCuriosity is an active drive to explore, question, and understand — seeking out new information and asking the questions that others overlook.
- EfficacyEfficacy is the ability to get things done and produce results — turning intention into completed, effective action.
- Emotional IntelligenceEmotional intelligence is the ability to recognise, understand, and manage your own emotions and to read and respond to the emotions of others.
- EmpathyEmpathy is the ability to understand and share another person's feelings and perspective, sensing what they need before it is spelled out.
- FlexibilityFlexibility is the willingness and ability to change approach, accommodate new constraints, and consider alternatives without losing composure.
- IntegrityIntegrity is the consistent alignment of your actions with your values and commitments — being honest, keeping your word, and owning mistakes even when it costs you.
- LeadershipLeadership is the ability to set direction, make difficult decisions, and mobilise people toward a shared goal while earning their trust.
- Lifelong LearningLifelong learning is the ongoing, self-driven pursuit of new knowledge and skills to stay effective as roles, tools, and demands keep changing.
- OptimismOptimism is the tendency to expect good outcomes and stay constructive under pressure, treating setbacks as temporary and workable rather than permanent.
- PresentationPresentation is the skill of structuring and delivering ideas to an audience so they are clear, memorable, and compelling.
- ProactivityProactivity is the habit of anticipating problems and acting in advance — taking initiative to shape events rather than react to them.
- ReliabilityReliability is the quality of consistently delivering on commitments — doing what you said you would, to standard, by when you said.
- RigourRigour is the discipline of doing work thoroughly and accurately, with the attention to detail that means others don't need to double-check it.
- Self-AwarenessSelf-awareness is an accurate understanding of your own emotions, strengths, limits, and the effect you have on other people.
- Self-ConfidenceSelf-confidence is a grounded trust in your own judgement and ability to handle a situation, letting you act decisively in the moment.
- Service-MindednessService-mindedness is a proactive orientation toward meeting others' needs — anticipating and resolving problems before anyone has to ask.
- Systemic ThinkingSystemic thinking is the ability to see how the parts of a situation interact as a whole — tracing problems to their root causes rather than reacting to symptoms.
- Team SpiritTeam spirit is the disposition to collaborate, support colleagues, and put shared goals ahead of individual credit so the group holds together under pressure.
- Time ManagementTime management is the ability to plan and prioritise your time so that important work gets done on schedule without unnecessary stress.
Assessment
- Automatic PatternsAutomatic patterns capture your instinctive reaction when you are dropped into a realistic scenario with emotional stakes, revealing your default behaviour under pressure rather than your idealised self-image.
- Behaviour FrequencyBehaviour frequency measures how often you actually perform a skill's observable behaviours in real, recent situations — the strongest evidence of genuine capability.
- Confidence & ReadinessConfidence and readiness measure how prepared and self-assured you feel to apply a skill going forward, complementing — but not replacing — evidence of actual behaviour.
- Context DependenceContext dependence maps the situations in which a skill feels hardest or easiest for you. Like motivation, it personalises your results but does not affect your score.
- MetacognitionMetacognition is your awareness of your own thinking and behaviour around a skill — the ability to notice, reflect on, and self-correct.
- Motivation & FrictionMotivation and friction identify what drives you toward a skill and what holds you back. It shapes your coaching insights but is deliberately excluded from your score, because it measures preference, not capability.
- Self-PerceptionSelf-perception is how you rate your own ability at a skill. Kompunik treats it as a weak signal, because what people believe about a skill often differs from how they actually behave.