You've Got Mad Skills!

You've Got Mad Skills!

By Jan Meadows

​The skills approach is a descriptive, leader-centered approach.

Three-Skill Approach

​R.L. Katz researched and recognized three basic personal skills on which effective administration relies:

1. Technical skills - knowledge and proficiency in a specific area

2. Human skills - knowledge​ about and ability to work with people

3. Conceptual skills - the ability to work with ideas and concepts​ ​

Multiple Choice

Is the skills approach descriptive, prescriptive, both or neither?

• descriptive

• prescriptive

• both

• neither

Multiple Select

The three-skill approach tells us that effective leadership relies on three personal skills. Choose all three of the correct skills.

• emotional

• human

• technical

• conceptual

Open Ended

Which of the three personal skills do you feel is your strongest?

The Heart of the Skills Model

Three Competencies

as presented by M. Mumford

​1. Problem-solving skills

2. Social judgment skills

3. Knowledge​

Fill in the Blanks

Problem definition, cause/goal analysis, constraint analysis, planning, forecasting, creative thinking, idea evaluation, wisdom, and sensemaking/visioning are nine

skills used by leaders.

Poll

Which competency is most valuable to you?

• problem-solving skills

• social judgment skills

• knowledge

• All are equally valuable to me

1. ​So many components outside leadership makes it less precise

2. Does not predict performance​ with variations in skills

3. May not be applied readily to all groups​

​Weaknesses

1. Makes leadership available to everyone

2. Skills can be learned or developed

3. Consistent with leadership education and development programs​

​Strengths

​Strengths and Weaknesses

Draw

Draw a picture of any skill you have learned.