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Skills for employability

Skills for employability. Why are we here?. Team working Communication skills Presentation skills Business planning Entrepreneurship What ’ s in it for you? Learning and developing vital new skills Trying things out Having fun. Ideal profile. Skills. Has practical ability

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Skills for employability

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  1. Skills for employability

  2. Why are we here? • Team working • Communication skills • Presentation skills • Business planning • Entrepreneurship • What’s in it for you? • Learning and developing vital new skills • Trying things out • Having fun

  3. Ideal profile Skills Has practical ability to perform Performs at the right time in the right way Behaviours Knowledge Has sufficient relevant understanding

  4. What makes a successful team?

  5. What are your individual strengths and weaknesses in a team? • Share your view with a partner

  6. Team Roles • The Co-ordinator clarifies group objectives, sets the agenda, establishes priorities, selects problems, sums up and is decisive, but does not dominate discussions. • The Shaper gives shape to the team effort, looking for pattern in discussions and practical considerations regarding the feasibility of the project. Can steamroller the team, but gets results. • The Plant is the source of original ideas, suggestions and proposals that are usually original and radical. • The Monitor-Evaluator contributes a measured and dispassionate analysis and, through objectivity, stops the team committing itself to a misguided task.

  7. More Team roles • The Implementer turns decisions and strategies into defined and manageable tasks, sorting out objectives and pursuing them logically. • The Resource Investigator goes outside the team to bring in ideas, information and developments to it. They are the team’s salesperson, diplomat, liaison officer and explorer. • The Team Worker operates against division and disruption in the team, like cement, particularly in times of stress and pressure. • The Completer Finisher maintains a permanent sense of urgency with relentless follow-through.

  8. Which roles do you think you often use? Which roles do you need to develop?

  9. Reflection on today’s workshop…..

  10. Self-reflection exercise • What are the most important things I have learned today?About myself?About others?What did I do particularly well today?If I could start the day over, what would Ido differently?What three things will I take from today and apply to my further learning and development?

  11. What is success?

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