why be in the life skills user group
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What you might gain by being the test user group for the
Life Skills Institute
“ No bird soars too high, if he soars on his own wings. ”— William Blake
WHAT ARE THE CORE LIFE SKILLS WHICH WILL MAKE YOU EMPLOYABLE THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER?
- COMPREHENSION – WITH A CLEAR SENSE OF SELF
- KNOWLEDGE OF ‘OTHERS’ –COMMON GROUND
- SKILL IN NAVIGATING THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND VARIOUS COLLABORATION PLATFORMS
- KNOWLEDGE OF ‘WHO IS IN BUSINESS TO DO WHAT, FOR HOW MUCH’ – BASIC FINANCIAL LITERACY
PAYING ATTENTION TO YOURSELF
How many of your skills can you carry with you?
Dealing with adversity
Finding out who your real friends are
WHAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR ROUTINE
Making change manageable –PERSONAL RESILIENCE
Environment
Culture and ambience
Basic premise about how the world works – DIFFERENT MODELS AROUND THE WORLD
Public and private sector – different attitudes about money
Looking for points of commonality with people from around the world
Reciprocity
Why does the institution or organisation exist? What does it replace?
What is the business model? What fraction of income is generated by which activity?
Where and how can this ‘go wrong’?
What can I do to make this happen more effectively, more enjoyably, more profitably, or more sustainably FOR THE COMPANY?
What are my particular strengths?
How do MY COLLEAGUES think I can help them? Are they right?
To what should I attach significance ?
As I struggle to understand this organisation, what is already changing within it?
What are the forces that act upon it?
What does it do well?
WHAT MODELS OF CO-OPERATION MAKE IT WORK?
Who is fighting against it’s success, and
WHY ?