Planning and organisation skills

Skill 

Definition  

Ability to reflect 

The ability to engage in introspection, evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses, and seek feedback from others. 

Ability to work remotely 

The ability to navigate hybrid or fully remote work setups (e.g., the use of email and virtual meetings and work without in-person guidance). 

Adaptability 

The ability to change one's attitudes or behaviours to accommodate new changes (e.g., new technologies, work patterns, new skills). 

Agile thinking 

The ability to understand, react and adapt quickly and effectively to changing circumstances. 

Applying appropriate learning strategies 

The ability to identify the most efficient learning strategy (e.g., visual, multisensory, collaborative learning, etc.) to acquire and retain new skills or knowledge. 

Asking the right questions 

The ability to ask insightful, relevant, and purposeful questions to obtain information, clarify a point, or explore difficulties other people may have. 

Collaboration 

The ability to work together with others and coordinate individuals' different skills to achieve a shared goal. 

Commercial awareness  

The ability to understand the market, the business environment, and the factors that influence the success of an organisation (e.g.,  customers, opportunities, or competitors). 

Communication  

The ability to effectively share information, ideas, and emotions with others through written, verbal, and non-verbal mediums. 

Coping with uncertainty 

The ability to navigate and perform adeptly in situations with significant levels of unpredictability or potentially unexpected changes. 

Creativity and imagination 

The ability to generate ideas, products, or ways of working that are original, new, and valuable. 

Dealing with conflict 

The ability to recognise issues early, manage your emotions, empathise and listen in situations of conflict. 

Decisiveness 

The ability to make decisions confidently, resolutely, and quickly. 

Event management 

The ability to organise and host events for social or business purposes. 

Fluency of ideas 

The ability to brainstorm or quickly generate a large number of ideas, concepts, or possibilities within a topic or a context. 

Goal monitoring, adjusting and evaluating 

The ability to regularly track progress towards a goal, evaluate the effectiveness of activities, and adjust future steps and strategies to ensure alignment with desired objectives. 

Initiative 

The ability to take a lead in a project or offer a fresh approach to something. 

Learning to learn 

The capacity to take personal responsibility for one's own learning; the ability to pursue and persist in learning, to organise one's own learning 

Monitoring & Evaluation  

The ability to assess the performance of oneself, others, or a project to suggest improvements or corrective action in order to achieve something. 

Optimism 

The ability to perceive situations with hope and stay confident about successful outcomes even in challenging situations. 

Organisational Awareness 

The ability to understand different elements of organisations (e.g., their structure, culture, values, roles, and dynamics) to help navigate relationships within them and successfully meet their goals. 

Project management 

The ability to lead a team, plan and organise tasks, and implement changes, tools, or improvements to achieve successful delivery of a project. 

Research 

The ability to conduct a systematic and detailed study to discover (new) information or (new) understanding of a subject. 

Resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility 

The ability to quickly recover from setbacks or challenging situations and easily adjust to changing circumstances or requirements. 

Strategic planning 

The ability to define a coherent vision or strategy and decide on the allocation of tasks and resources to attain goals. 

Structured problem solving 

The ability to solve complex problems by breaking them into parts, identifying the root causes of each issue, and applying analytical techniques to find solutions. 

Systems analysis 

The ability to examine and understand how systems work, what are its bigger and smaller parts, and find ways of improving those outcomes. 

Teamwork 

The ability to work together with others or in a group to collaboratively achieve a common goal. 

Time management and prioritization 

The ability to manage one's time, organise tasks according to their urgency, and choose the most efficient method of executing them. 

Work-plan development 

The ability to identify a goal, set strategies and resources, assign responsibilities, and a realistic deadline for completing the goal.