BIPX202 Community Engagement Building Strengths And Capabilities

Work Ready Skills Action Plan

Individual Perspective

Effect on Business Value

Long and Short Term Plan

Communication skills

Communication skills can be defined as the ability of a person to effectively share and perceive information. The sharing or perceiving of information can be done through verbal communication as well as non-verbal communication, such as body language, eye contact, etc. Communication skills are developed over a period of time but can be considerably improved in a matter of 8 weeks too.

To improve communication skills in the short term, one of the most effective ways can be to read certain books and be part of certain online courses that can provide a great deal of guidance to improve communication skills. Such courses can provide certain instructions that can help in improving communication skills in a short period of time, such as by carefully listening to what others are saying before perceiving information and replying to it. Being a careful listener can greatly help in improving communication skills in a short term (Pinola, 2014).

Communication skills can be greatly improving over a period of two years. To improve communication skills over a long term period, one can learn to be organised before communicating. Even though it is not always possible to get into conversations being planned but one should try to outline and organise his or her thoughts before starting to communicate. Secondly, getting more and more training from professionals is one of the best ways that can help in increasing communication skills. Taking seminars on business wiring, public speaking, listening and organising thoughts can help a person in greatly enhancing his or her communication skills.  Even if a person’s employer does not provide reimbursements for such training seminars, paying for such a seminar will have high return on investment for an employee in the longer run (Ashe-Edmunds, n.d.).

Team work

Team working skills are one of the most important skills or attributes that employers of choice are looking in the candidates. Team work involves working in a group of people to achieve common goals. Working in a team involves sharing and contributing ideas effectively, taking collective responsibilities and decisions, being assertive and learning from others.

To develop team working skills in a short period of time, a person again needs to increase his or her listening skills because a careful listener can always become an efficient team member. Further, learning and preparing to adjust in diverse situations without complaining can also help in increasing team working skills in a short span of time. By improving communication skills too, one can share and perceive ideas efficiently in a team and can become a better team member (succeedatlife.co.uk, 2010).

To develop team working skills in the longer run, one should try to form teams and work in teams as much as possible. Gaining practical experience will help a person in becoming aware about his or her own barriers that prevents him or her from working with others, for example, communication skills, adjustment, assertiveness, etc. Thus, working on the removal of these barriers will help in increasing team working skills. Further, to improve team working skills, one should learn to take collective responsibilities and increase human psychology knowledge so that one can understand the situation that the team members are going through and keep them motivated to perform better. Learning about human psychology over a period of time can definitely help a person in increasing his or her team working skills in the longer run (herrmannsolutions.com, n.d.).

Problem solving skills

Working as an employee is all about analysing problems and solving them to contribute towards organisational success. The ability to solve problems is they key behind becoming successful and achieving goals and objectives. Inability of an employee to solve problems can result into demotivation and can have deep impacts on performance levels (Watanabe, 2009).

To increase problem solving techniques in the short run, one should indulge into more physical activities that can help him or her in maintaining calm even in difficult situations. Listening to music, working out, dancing and other such physical activities can help in regulating work related pressure and can help in thinking of innovative ideas to solve problems. Developing a proper sleep cycle in a matter of few weeks can also help a person in increasing problem solving skills because proper sleep will help in maintaining calm, being energetic and paying attention to all information in the best possible way. Further, developing research and analytical skills to gather information from different sources can also help in problem solving skills in the short run.

In the long run, a person can greatly increase his or her problem solving skills. One of the best way to increase problem solving skills is to work out one’s brain with logic puzzles and games, such as Sudoku, chess, Rubik’s cube, etc. Such games can help in boosting thinking capability, which will ultimately help in problem solving. Further, to increase problem solving skills in the longer run, one can also work on his or her ability to create psychological distance, which is defined as the ability of a person to perceive things or situations from the view point or perspective of some other person. The ability of a person to create a psychological distance in difficult situation can have a great impact on a person’s problem solving capability (CMOE Team , n.d.). Lastly, playing sports and physical games regularly can help in learning to regulate pressure in difficult situations and can help in increasing problem solving skills. Therefore, one must play a game on a regular basis.