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amwa-82	Harris, Dylan; Chamberlain James, Lisa; Forjanic Klapproth, Julia; Bass, Brian; Russell Winnier, Angela	Optimizing the Value of Regulatory Medical Writers	2021	7	.pdf	application/pdf	5595	316	44	These skills are increasingly rec- ognized as an important contributor to competent job per- formance in a wide range of fields.1,2,23-36 A recent survey was conducted with human resources and learning development specialists, including C-level executives, senior managers, and managers/supervisors, at companies ranging in size from <1,000 to >50,000 employees in a variety of industries, includ- ing technology, manufacturing financial services, health care, retail, hospitality, telecommunications, and education.36 The survey found that across industries, the need for soft skills is nearly as difficult to fill as the need for hard skills.36 The most in-demand soft skills identified by survey participants were critical thinking, communication, and creativity.36 However, as the need for soft skills grows, they are only briefly mentioned within the context of medical writing.1 The Medical Writing Competency Model includes a list of soft skills in a supplementary table of general abilities that are appli- cable to all medical writers, regardless of their area of spe- cialty.37 These soft skills include assertiveness, compromise, decisiveness, kindness, conflict resolution, flexibility, leader- ship, resilience, negotiation, and openness.37 Many of the soft skills listed in the Competency Model are mentioned in other articles on medical writers and medical writing.1,2,23-35 Many of these authors identify additional soft skills they believe are also crucial for medical writer and manager competency (Table 2). Medical writers are clearly valued and respected by regulatory agencies, and these take-home messages should empower the medical writing profession and help to shape the ongoing training of medical writers.	cache/amwa-82.pdf	txt/amwa-82.txt