Chapter 4: Job Skills for the Future
4.8 Implementation Skills
Manage projects to achieve key milestones and outcomes
Excelling in Implementation skills means an individual has a “get er done” attitude. They can design, manage, and execute projects, initiatives or plans in an organized, timely fashion. They can guide a project from idea to completion while managing themselves and others effectively. They are action orientated and enjoy a ‘hands-on approach’.
Excelling in Implementation Skills as a Job Skill means:
You:
- Think and plan ahead
- Manage logistics easily
- Apply logic & common sense
- Have superb organizational skills
- Demonstrate a high level of personal responsibility
- Enjoy working with templates and systems
- Have the capacity to develop and implement ‘systems’ when needed
Others see that you can:
- Roll with the punches
- Easily act on new information
- Have a ‘Plan B’ (and a ‘Plan C’ and ‘D’…)
- See both the big picture & also the minute details
- Play a strong role as a DOER, rather than a passive Observer
- Turn problems into ‘plot twists’
