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Mastering Soft Skills for Success: Initiative and Dependability in Work Environments

Learn about the importance of soft skills like initiative and dependability in the workplace, develop good work habits, manage your time effectively, set SMART goals, maintain your workspace, and understand your role in a business system.

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Mastering Soft Skills for Success: Initiative and Dependability in Work Environments

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  1. Initiative and Dependability In the classroom In the workplace

  2. Section 1: Staying Employed

  3. Soft Skills • Workers need technical skills in their field. • Equally important to employers: • Listening skills • Adaptability and flexibility • Teamwork • Judgment/wisdom • Communication • Dependability – What else?

  4. Good Work Habits • Soft skills develop from good habits. • What do good work habits look like… • At home? • At school? • At work? • Make a list of good work habits. • Provide and example of each good habit.

  5. Section 2: Managing Your Time

  6. It’s About Time… • You may delay, but time will not. • Benjamin Franklin • How did it get so late so soon? • Dr. Seuss • If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? • John Wooden

  7. Where Does the Time Go? • Make a time log of a day in your life.

  8. Using Time Wisely • Successful time management is balanced • Recreational time • Professional obligations • Bodily rest

  9. Coping With a Busy Schedule • Prioritize tasks • Leave time for planning • Schedule time for interruptions • Anticipate problems • Create a “to do” list • Combine tasks

  10. Make a Schedule: Complete the Project On Time • Project tasks usually have a sequence. • Identify the tasks or components of a project. • Estimate the time to complete each task. • Work backward from the target completion date to establish milestones. • Adjust milestones as needed.

  11. Section 3: Setting SMART Goals

  12. Goal Setting • The S.M.A.R.T. goal formula • Specific • Measurable • Attainable • Relevant • Time-bound • Note difference between Goals and Objectives.

  13. Setting and Achieving Goals • Personal goals • Financial goals • Educational goals • Career goals

  14. Section 5: Your Work Environment

  15. Maintaining Your Workspace • Is there a relationship between…? • Cleanliness and Order • Safety and Productivity • Maintain • Workspace • Equipment • Tools • What’s wrong with this picture?

  16. Maintaining Your Workspace • How does your work environment affect your mood? Productivity? • How orderly is your workspace … • At home? • At school? • At your business? • How does orderliness affect customers?

  17. Section 6: Your Role in a System

  18. Working in the System • A business is a system. • This means thatthe actions of eachperson affect others in the system, creatinga chain reaction of events.

  19. Working in the System • A business organization has structure. • The structure is comprised of departments. • A business communicates within the structure. • Each department has a function. • All departments must reach their goal.

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