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Imagine: a
critical
MRH POLL (Results
assignment comes in, and you need to gure out who to give it Display After You
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to in order to get it done. You only have one shot to get it right
in order to secure that new contract. Who do you give it to? NEW! How often
Who is the most capable? We recently posted a skills matrix does your
organization
template on our Tools and Templates Page. You can download conduct employee
it HERE for free. satisfaction surveys?
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Developing Your
Employees?
In addition, make sure your skills matrix is balanced; that is, it’s
not all just about technical skills, like use of software, or ability
to crunch numbers. In our example, we included some basic
professional skills, as well as more technical software
Great tips and
knowledge, since professional skills can be just as important
concepts that will
as the technical ones. help managers
To help you identify what to list in your skills matrix, think improve their
mentoring and
about what your employees do over the course of a typical
coaching skills.
week. Focus on those items that are frequent and recurring.
You may also want to look at some old job posting you had for
your department, which may have listed some key skills.
Negotiating a Deal?
RELATED: 7 Things I Look For When Interviewing Job
Candidates
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One more point: not only does a well-de ned scoring system
help you evaluate your sta ’s skills as they stand today, but it
also identi es what it takes for employees to reach a higher
level.
A great read
discussing the
4. What Comparisons Can You Make?
importance of
As shown in our template, compare the scores in your skills maximizing the
matrix to give you an understanding of how employees stack potential of your
up. Typically, your more seasoned employees will rank higher employees and how
on average, due to the length of time in the job, while new or it will create a high
younger employees will generally rank lower, simply due to performing
organization.
their limited experience.
By Region or Location
By Employee Title
By Job Function
5. I’ve Made a Skills Matrix. Now What? Despite the title, this
book packs in loads
After putting in the e ort, take a step back and look at your
of great ideas for any
skills matrix. What does it tell you?
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Do the scores and results seem appropriate? Are the items company looking to
that scored high similar to where your team excels? Do the connect with
areas where your team scored the lowest coincide with areas customers
where you struggle? The rst thing to do is to make sure the
data and information is realistic.
Next, once you have your skills matrix and you con rm the International
Business?
data makes sense, use it to identify areas where training or
experienced may be needed.
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Jennifer
Includes examples
May 1, 2017 at 10:19 pm
and information that
is applicable to a
Which online tools should I consider for managing this
variety of business
stu ? The best one I can nd so far is Skills Base
settings on the world
(https://www.skills-base.com). Any other suggestions?
stage, regardless of
Reply which country you
happen to be in.
Tim G.
May 15, 2017 at 9:56 pm
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