If you are a well organised person, you will remain well organised regardless of the job you will be doing. It is one of the soft skills you will bring with you to any position and is an important employability skill.
Strong organisational skills are important for a variety of reasons, and they all have a common denominator – they turn you into an efficient and effective employee.
Organisational skills in the workplace (and they look good on your CV) are collaboration, communication, teamwork, delegation, planning, prioritising, time management, physical organisation (filing, record keeping, stock inventory) and work-life balance.
In this module we will be looking at planning, collaboration, teamwork, and meetings.
At the end of the module you will be able to:
- Identify effective organising skills and put them into action
- Identify, manage, and plan a small project
- Identify a risk strategy when planning an event
- Use tools to effectively plan project e.g. Gantt Chart
- Collaborate with team members effectively and understand the group life cycle
- Use effective team working skills and lead with confidence
- Work effectively with a team by understanding the roles each team member plays (Belbin)
- Manage difficult group behaviours
- Conduct virtual and traditional meetings with confidence
- Host, attend and present at remote meetings