A team uses a variety of skills to achieve their objectives. This activity helps a team assess their aptitude in various areas, and identify where to improve.
How to use the Team Skills exercise
- Introduce the exercise and the purpose. Decide on a topic or set of skills the team will be evaluating.
- For each skill added to the board, the team discusses their skill level where to place it on the scale.
- Once all skills are placed, review the overall rankings and identify skills to improve.
- Brainstorm ways to improve the targeted skills and vote on the most important / effective.
Tips
- There are no right and wrong answers here – this is a reflective exercise that helps a team take ownership of their strengths and weaknesses.
- The discussion around each skill is more valuable than the precise placement on the scale. Set rules for when to move on, so a single topic does not dominate the session.
