Are you looking for new ways to improve your skills profile? Check out our Take Action Tips, which you can use to improve your life skills with some simple and practical steps… One tip even gives you an excuse to order your favourite take-away!
Communication Skills
Why? Think about the communication skills needed for this. Honestly! You need to ask everyone what they want, you may need to write it down, you […]
Example: Imagine you’ve been sent to a meeting on behalf of the group and you have to give them feedback from your notes. Now, you could […]
Example: Think about this… a decision has been made to change the bus timetable and YOU know that it is going to have a huge impact […]
Interpersonal Skills
Example: We all have different personalities and different ways of connecting with people. Think about how long it takes before you really get to know someone. […]
Why: This would be a great opportunity to use the interpersonal skills of making someone feel comfortable, encouraging them to share their story, and being sensitive […]
Example: Imagine you have been asked to get involved in a local community clean up. You believe that it would be a great opportunity for your […]
Teamwork
Example: Imagine your local area has a load of children and you decide that a family fun day would be good fun for the community. This […]
Example: Make a list of all the teams and groups that you are involved in, both formally and informally (e.g. dancing, football, fishing, summer holiday organisers, […]
Why? It seems obvious and basic when you think about “teamwork” as a concept. There is a lot more to it than you might think. Why […]
Decision Making
Example: Imagine you want to learn about how to edit photos to make cool graphics (who doesn’t want to learn this!). You could do a course, […]
Why? So, imagine you have to decide what to do for the summer. Go to Canada, Interrail, hang around and do nothing or get a job […]
Why? The skill of decision making is a learned skill. Listening to someone explaining how they do it will absolutely help you to develop your own […]
Problem Solving
Example: Think of it like you are making a set of recommendations to yourself about this problem. You will look at the problem and then explore […]
Why? There are ways of approaching problem solving that can be very useful especially when you are faced with a situation that requires a solution that […]
What: Check out today`s news headlines and think about what “problems” people are facing within the stories. Think about all of the different factors involved in […]
Organisation Skills
What: Make a personal plan for whatever healthy activity you want to do for the next 2 weeks. It might relate to eating, exercise, mindfulness, reading, […]
Why? Maybe all of your friends are obsessed with the Simpsons and you have decided that it would be great to organise an online quiz for […]
Example: Imagine you’ve been asked to organise a birthday party. It could be a younger sibling, a niece or nephew, a cousin, or a neighbour. The […]
Adaptability
Why? This will help you to get an understanding of how they adapted to major changes over their lifetime and perhaps some tips and insights about […]
Why? This will give you a sense of how you adapted to change and how you developed the skill to adapt to each new challenge that […]
Example: Doing the shopping is a very straightforward activity. You make a list, you go to the supermarket, grab your trolley and its almost auto pilot […]
Leadership
What: Think about a leader that you admire and make a note of what it is that you admire about them. It could be a community […]
Example: Imagine you have seen an advert in a local shop window looking for people to organise coffee mornings to support a local charity. You feel […]
Why? This will support you to put words on leadership qualities that are important to you and will enhance your knowledge and understanding of leadership. When […]
Entrepreneurship
Why? Consider it a research mission. Here is a group of diverse people who gather in a place and sell diverse products in a way that […]
Why? If you think about the Covid-19 experience for example and identify the various ways that people have adapted, solved problems, worked in new ways and […]
Why: Doing this exercise will challenge you to find creative ways to make things happen and it will give you a sense of what it means […]
Drive & Resilience
Example: On a day to day basis we face challenges which can range from getting up out of bed to dealing with an angry customer in […]
Why: Resilience is talked about a lot in terms of positive mental health. Finding a quote that connects with you is a good start for understanding […]
Example: Go on Insta and search “resilience”. You will get a vast amount of fantastically creative graphics and wonderfully insightful quotes etc. From these options, choose […]
Ethics & Integrity
What: Think of a person that you know who is very honest, reliable and trustworthy. This person has integrity and behaves ethically. Ask them how they […]
Example: Imagine a situation where spaces in your area have been targeted by people who have done racist graffiti. Think about your response to this and […]
What: Think about the following roles and make a note of 3 examples of where the person in the role would have to make a choice […]
IT Skills
What: Think about a tech skill that you would like to develop or to improve, find tutorials and supportive people and then commit a certain amount […]
What: Think about technology improvements that would benefit your group or organisation, do some research about how it might be implemented and prepare a proposal. Example: […]
Why? Knowing how to use tech for yourself is one thing BUT choosing to share some of those skills with others who need them is a […]
