65 Skills Challenges

Skills Challenge 5 mins

Aspiring Managers

Prepare evidence

It’s great that you want to be a manager. But being good at your current job is not enough. You need to show that you demonstrate the skills and behaviours required of someone at the next level. That means understanding what’s required and showing that you meet the stated criteria.

Skills Challenge 5 mins

Change For Good

Change is as inevitable as the seasons

Do you know what it takes to implement change successfully?

Implementing successful change is a leadership issue. People need to believe in the reasons for change and must want to work differently if they are to embrace it.

Skills Challenge 5 mins

A New Recruit

Start well and work effectively from day one

The first few weeks in a new job involve a lot of learning. Although you may want to appear as though you know what you are doing, if you don’t understand policies and procedures you can land yourself in trouble. Ask questions because they are your most powerful learning aid.
Skills Challenge 5 mins

Sound Thinking

Belief or fact?

Sometimes we know something to be true. At other times we only believe something to be true. Understanding the difference is important. We need to be aware of how and when we are presenting information as fact (which we can substantiate independently) and when we are presenting an opinion (which we may use to influence others). We also need to be able to identify when others are sharing facts or opinions with us. It’s illuminating to ask questions, to engage positively with other viewpoints and to test our own beliefs.

Skills Challenge 5 mins

Forget Me Not!

How well do you remember things?

You can’t keep everything you know at the forefront of your mind - that would be unhelpful, even if it were possible. Our prompted recall differs from our unprompted recall. Building ‘triggers’ into our day is a useful way to ensure our brains remember things we don’t want to forget.
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