In today's reality, both our life and workplaces require more thinking abilities than actual content or academic knowledge. Life skills, for example, self-direction, initiative, versatility, adaptability, cross-cultural and social skills are vital i...
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Ø The ability to adapt to change - this will help you in adjusting to jobs obligations, varied roles, context and schedules.
Ø Being adaptable - permits you to work towards social in multi cultural situations.
Ø Work successfully in an atmosphere of vagueness and changing needs.
Ø Deal emphatically with setbacks, praise and feedbacks.
Self Direction and Initiative
Ø Being a self starter
Ø The ability to work outside a defined role or profile.
Ø Successful management of time and goals
Ø The ability to set objectives with unmistakable and elusive achievement criteria
Ø The ability to adjust strategic (short-term) and key (long haul) objectives
Ø The ability to work autonomously
Ø Go past your essential abilities and/or educational modules to investigate and extend your learning with a specific end goal to fabricate and enhance or add to current expertise sets.
Ø Exhibit initiative to propel skill levels towards an expert level
Ø Exhibit responsibility to learning as a lifelong process
Ø Ponder critically on past encounters so as to inform future progress
Cross-cultural and Social Skills
Ø Cooperate viably with others
Ø Know when it is suitable to listen and when to talk
Ø Behave in a respectable, proficient way
Ø Work adequately in different groups
Ø Regard cultural differences
Ø React receptively to various values and thoughts
Accountability and Productivity
Ø Manage Projects
Ø Set and meet objectives
Ø Plan, organize and manage work to accomplish the expected result
Ø Produce results
Ø Work ethically and emphatically
Ø Participate enthusiastically, and be punctual and reliable
Responsibility and Leadership
Ø Lead and Guide Others
Ø Use interpersonal and critical thinking skills to impact and guide others toward an objective
Ø Leverage qualities of others to achieve a common objective
Ø Rouse others to achieve their absolute best
Ø Show trustworthiness and moral conduct in using power and influence
Ø Be dependable to others
All these life skills are a must for everybody and thus Dr. Ashima Shukla is working to pave a way for people to hone their life skills.
