Prior to the pandemic, when I would give students the option to work in groups or on their own, I might have gotten one-or-two students, if any, who would choose to work alone.

Post-pandemic, that number skyrocketed.  At least six-or-seven students would regularly want to opt-out of group work. I would respect their decision, but would sometimes tell them in college it was likely they would need to do a lot of group projects (though, truthfully, I’m not even sure that is correct any longer in a post-pandemic world).

If I was still in the classroom, I would create a class assignment reading either a portion or the entire text of this article from the Harvard Business Review, Soft Skills Matter Now More Than Ever, According to New Research.

Afterwards, I would be able to refer to it when talking to students about the importance of developing skills in working with others.

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