This grid should be used to identify a planning focus for Skills for Work. It exemplifies what these skills might look like under each context and matches them to the skills for life on Pages 28-30 Managing time/ Planning and communicating Solving problems Working with others Thinking critically Learning and Taking Managing and Undertaking tasks at organising and creatively continuing to learn responsibility for being managed short notice own development by others Prioritising Focusing on the Talk about Identifying Make a positive Asking questions Being resilient Don’t compare Use self Delegating task learning problems contribution Lateral, divergent Ability to persevere yourself to others Being aware of time Planning/thinking Asking for help Interpreting Listening to others thinking Identifying of Feeling proud of strategies passing it through Asking questions information Recognise/ use Crafting, delivering strength/development achievements Exerting Accepting deadline Drawing diagrams Share strategies Keep practising others’ strengths and presenting Flexibility Actively seeking influence Sharing responsibilities Jotting down for learning Asking for help Value contributions solutions Adaptability feedback Taking a lead Manage distractions things that help Presenting in Starting Inspire and motivate Thinking inside and Asking questions Recognising when Persuading Do one thing at a time you different ways Finding resources others outside the box Improving one thing you need help others Break things down Setting goals and Recognising and to help Saying when you Consider first Seeking challenge Having empathy Use self regulation challenges using verbal and Using results to don’t understand alternatives Taking small steps Showing initiative Taking turns strategies Recognising your non verbal inform next steps kind when you Think about the Seeking feedback Motivation Delegating to Undertaking tasks at own and others communication Distilling/refining disagree bigger picture Being ambitious Perseverance others short notice strengths Active listening ideas Using positive Wondering What Recognise how a skill Self belief Contributing “ Keeping to Expressing Crafting, language if?” can be transferred Can self assess ideas timescales/deadlines feelings delivering and Explaining things to Being curious Relating skills to work Knowing how you Accepting others’ Reprioritising/replanning Giving and presenting help others Playing with ideas and careers learn ideas Flexibility receiving solutions Understandingothers Developing ethical Seeing errors as Being independent Accepting roles Positive attitude to feedback Evaluating have expectations of views opportunities Setting goals /responsibilities change Talk about my impact of success me Managing risk Setting high skills and how of solutions Being tolerant Plan for career standards they relate to Appreciate diversity development jobs Understand Setting and revisiting employers have career goals expectations of me Understand careers in of skills/ have different behaviour pathways See benefit of a network
This grid should be used to identify a planning focus for Skills for Work. It exemplifies what these skills might look like under each context and matches them to the skills for life on Pages 28-30 Managing time/ Undertaking tasks at short notice Planning and organising communicating Solving problems Working with others Thinking critically and creatively Learning and continuing to learn Taking responsibility for own development Managing and being managed by others Prioritising Delegating Being aware of time passing Accepting deadline Sharing responsibilities Manage distractions Do one thing at a time Break things down Use self regulation strategies Undertaking tasks at short notice Keeping to timescales/deadlines Reprioritising/replanning Flexibility Positive attitude to change Focusing on the task Planning/thinking it through Drawing diagrams Jotting down things that help you Setting goals and challenges Recognising your own and others strengths Talk about learning Asking for help Asking questions Share strategies for learning Presenting in different ways Recognising and using verbal and non verbal communication Active listening Expressing feelings Giving and receiving feedback Talk about my skills and how they relate to jobs Identifying problems Interpreting information Keep practising Asking for help Starting Finding resources to help Using results to inform next steps Distilling/refining ideas Crafting, delivering and presenting solutions Evaluating impact of success of solutions Make a positive contribution Listening to others Recognise/ use others’ strengths Value contributions Inspire and motivate others Saying when you don’t understand kind when you disagree Using positive language Explaining things to help others Understandingothers have expectations of me Being tolerant Appreciate diversity Understand employers have expectations of me in of skills/ behaviour See benefit of a network Asking questions Lateral, divergent thinking Crafting, delivering and presenting solutions Thinking inside and outside the box Consider alternatives Think about the bigger picture Wondering “ What if?” Being curious Playing with ideas Developing ethical views Being resilient Ability to persevere Identifying of strength/development Flexibility Adaptability Asking questions Improving one thing first Taking small steps Seeking feedback Being ambitious Recognise how a skill can be transferred Relating skills to work and careers Seeing errors as opportunities Managing risk Plan for career development Setting and revisiting career goals Understand careers have different pathways Don’t compare yourself to others Feeling proud of achievements Actively seeking feedback Recognising when you need help Seeking challenge Showing initiative Motivation Perseverance Self belief Can self assess Knowing how you learn Being independent Setting goals Setting high standards Use self strategies Exerting influence Taking a lead Persuading others Having empathy Taking turns Delegating to others Contributing ideas Accepting others’ ideas Accepting roles /responsibilities
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