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A2 Skills audit and teamwork

Identification of entrepreneurial, enterprise and IT skills, e.g. programming, digital graphics and technical support that may be needed to become an IT entrepreneur.

 

Using the button below complete a skills audit on yourself. The audit is taken from "CareerSmart" 
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Now that you have undertaken your skills audit in the above task, complete the following table; 

Personal entrepreneurial attributes.

 

Recognising skills gaps and how to overcome them

e.g. the need to build a team of individuals with complementary expertise and skills, outsourcing, training.

In an article by Avery Blank (Forbes Sep 26, 2017) it is suggested that there are 6 ways to overcome skills gaps, these are 

1. Write out what you know.

2. Write out what you believe you don’t know.

3. Identify skills and experience related to what you believe you don’t know.

4. Enhance your skill set.

5. Tell yourself that you can learn it.

6. Tell people that you can do it.

 

She goes on to say the following about each of these stages.

1. Put pen to paper, and identify the skills and expertise that you have. Look at your resume. Start with your most recent experience, and work backwards. Think about what you have accomplished. Write it down.

The simple act of writing down this information will allow you to see what you know. Seeing is believing. Externalizing your expertise is powerful and will build your confidence.

 

2. There is a difference between what you don’t know and what you believe you don’t know. Sometimes what you believe you don’t know stems from being scared or having a bad experience. You know more than you think.

 

3. Look at what you listed out as the areas you believe you don’t know. Ask yourself, “Is there something similar to this skill?” You may not have experience in one thing, but you probably have done something comparable.

You have to identify and communicate related skills. Realizing that you have equivalent skills will give you the confidence you need to make others feel confident in your ability.

 

4. For the skills and areas that you lack sufficient knowledge, fill the gap with education or sideline experiences. Take a course or moonlight. You are in charge of your career. Do what you need to do, and learn what you need to fill your skills gap and increase your confidence in your ability.

 

5. Being challenged is part of the career advancement process. If you don’t stretch yourself, you won’t move. Have the courage to know that you will learn what you don’t know. Identifying skills similar to what you thought you didn’t know will help you realize the gap is smaller than you think.

 

6. You don’t have to know everything to be able to do something. You need to know enough and have the problem-solving skills to figure out the rest. Tell people you can do it.

The rate at which the world and workforce is changing makes it difficult to continue doing the same thing. Leaders and leading companies depend on people who can apply their skills and learn on the job to innovate. Leaders value people who have the confidence and courage to move into uncharted territory.

If you want to advance, you need confidence and courage. Have faith in what you have and faith in knowing you can achieve what you don’t yet have. The next time you consider an opportunity don’t ask, “Am I ready to do it now?” Ask yourself, “Am I ready to figure it out?”

 

Teamwork to ensure enterprises can meet their objectives

Teamwork is vital to the sucsess of any business or company. The saying, "You are as weak as your weakest link" is true. For a company to have a team that functions well requires good teamwork between its employees. Teamwork is essential for the flow and operation to deliver goods, products and services. When in a working environment employers and owners look to;

o build teams with complementary skills

o identify the purpose of teams

o motivate teams

o manage teams

o reviewing teams’ performances.

The bullets above have the potential to improve the quality of the product, service or goods that are produced as it minimalises the potential risk of issues relating to understanding and misunderstanding.

 

 

Collaborative working to foster teamwork

It must be said that teamwork and collaborative work are not the same. You may be required to work in a team of people at some point in your professional careers, however, you will not necessarily be working with others. Businesses, as suggested earlier in this unit, are machines that have a number of "cogs" within it, and as such require some levels of interdepartmental working. Essential one cannot work without the other. For example, HR (Human Resources) may deal with the payment of salaries and any employment matters, and the Product Design Department works specifically with clients in the development of a product. The HR department will never meet the clients, however, they ensure that the people that do are paid and looked after. 

The collaborative working part is where, for example, a product designer and the quality assurance individual work together whilst in different departments and sections to deliver a product for a client.  

Activities, where cooperation and collaboration happen to foster teamwork, could be to:

– test and brainstorm ideas

– collect research on an idea or subject

– assess own understanding of an idea or subject

– share information with an audience

 

In some situations mentoring schemes and networking events are used to foster teamwork, these could be specific team building events like paintball, panic rooms and raft building where the emphasis is to support and work together.

Last Updated
2020-03-02 09:26:24

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