Personal development & life skills

Crash Course Business: Soft Skills

Sikhami InstituteEnglish

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  • 18 video lectures (3h 13m)
  • Certificate of completion
  • Ask the teacher your doubts
  • Watch on the web and in the Android app
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About this course

The people skills that help you get hired and get ahead, with Evelyn Ngugi and Crash Course: trust, writing and speaking, interviews, negotiation, teamwork and leadership. Who it's for: college students and early-career professionals. These are the free, official videos of the Crash Course Business Soft Skills playlist from the CrashCourse YouTube channel (youtube.com/@crashcourse). All videos belong to Crash Course; Sikhami is not affiliated with Crash Course and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• Building trust, and resisting manipulative influence • Business writing, and speaking with confidence • Making your resume stand out, and acing the interview • Negotiating your salary, or anything else • SMART goals, time management and making tough decisions • Teamwork, handling conflict and finding your leadership style • A fair workplace, the forms of power, and avoiding burnout

This course at a glance

Lectures
18 video lectures
Video
3h 13m in all
Level
Undergraduate, Professional
Language
English
Access
Lifetime access
Certificate
On completion

Lectures last updated September 2026

Course content

1 section · 18 lectures · 3h 13m

  1. 1. Business Soft Skills

    • Crash Course Business - Soft Skills: Preview2m
    • Why You Need Trust to Do Business: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #111m
    • Defense Against the Dark Arts of Influence: Crash Course Business Soft Skills #212m
    • The Secret to Business Writing: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #311m
    • How to Speak With Confidence: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #411m
    • How to Make a Resume Stand Out: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #511m
    • How to Ace the Interview: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #611m
    • Prepare to Negotiate Your Salary (Or Anything): Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #711m
    • How to Become a Better Negotiator: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #811m
    • How to Set and Achieve SMART Goals: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #910m
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    • Making Time Management Work for You: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #1011m
    • How to Make Tough Decisions: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #1111m
    • How to Avoid Teamwork Disasters: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #1210m
    • How to Handle Conflict: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #1311m
    • How to Find Your Leadership Style: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #1410m
    • How to Create a Fair Workplace: Crash Course Business: Soft Skills #1510m
    • The Many Forms of Power: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #1611m
    • How to Avoid Burnout: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #1710m

How long it takes

3h 13m of video in 18 lectures. Pick a pace that suits you:

  • Steady

    7 days

    at 30 minutes a day

  • Regular

    4 days

    at 1 hour a day

  • Fast track

    2 days

    at 2 hours a day

Video time only: practice takes a little longer. Your place in every lecture is saved, so you can stop any time.

Earn a certificateLearn more

Watch every lecture, then claim a certificate of completion with your name on it.

  • Its own web page and code, so a school or an employer can check it is real
  • Save it as a PDF or print it
  • Included with the course, at no extra cost

Who teaches it

Sikhami InstituteNew Delhi · 297 courses · 694 learners · 473 followersSikhami Institute is Sikhami's own institute for free learning. We pick some of the best free courses on YouTube, from Harvard's CS50, MIT, NPTEL, Khan Academy, Google, Microsoft, the BBC, Crash Course, PW, Magnet Brains, CodeWithHarry and many more, and turn them into proper courses on Sikhami that you can follow lesson by lesson while your progress is saved. Free courses in every category, in English and Hindi: school and competitive exams, programming and AI, languages, music and dance, art, yoga and fitness, cooking, trades, business, marketing, farming and more. All videos belong to their creators and play from their official YouTube channels, and each course credits its creator. Questions or suggestions? Write to help@sikhami.com.

Questions people ask

Is this course free?

Yes. Joining is free, and the lectures unlock as soon as you join. Once you join, it is yours for life.

How long is the course?

18 video lectures, 3h 13m of video in all. At an hour a day, the videos take 4 days. You learn at your own pace; there are no fixed class times.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes. When you have watched every lecture, you can claim a certificate of completion. It has its own page and code, so anyone can check that it is real. About certificates

What language is it taught in?

English.

Can I learn on my phone?

Yes. Watch on the website or in the Sikhami app for Android with the same account. Your place in every lecture is saved, so you can switch between them.

Can I ask the teacher a doubt?

Yes. Ask it in the questions on the course page, or from inside any lecture while you watch. You can also keep your own notes on each lecture.

Who made these videos?

The lectures are the free, public videos of the YouTube playlist "Business Soft Skills", and they belong to their creator. Sikhami arranges them into a course, so you can learn one lecture at a time and keep track of your progress.

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