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What exactly is personal and selfmanagement competences?
We also call this competence category the I and ME competencies. This is because we develop them in relation to ourselves. If you have already completed the first step of the skillaware competence compass, you will have come across the following self-management skills:
- Self-responsibility
- Resilience (resilience)
- Ability to adapt
- Problem-solving ability
How can the four competencies be described in more detail?
In addition to a pure definition of competencies, there are also so-called action anchors that can be assigned to competencies. In reality, they help us to determine whether someone is good or less good at a competence . This is because, unlike knowledge, competencies are visible in a person's actual actions. We can test this through observation by comparing the action anchors with a person's demonstrated behavior.
Table with competence definitions and action anchors
The table defines competence at a higher level and shows which behaviors a person will exhibit when competence has already become second nature to him or her.
Tips and tricks for your Competence training
Did you know that you don't necessarily have to attend official courses to develop your skills? You can train almost all interdisciplinary skills on your own. Just 5-10 minutes a day is usually enough. Curious? Then here are our training tips that can be easily and practically integrated into your everyday (professional) life:
Self-responsibility
Tip 1: Pay more attention to situations that don't go quite so smoothly. Try to consciously place the responsibility on yourself and think about what you could have done differently to make the situation more positive. Consciously distance yourself from the impulse to look for an excuse as to why something didn't work out or to blame the circumstances or other people. Alternative: Reflect on past situations using this approach.
Tip 2: Strengthen your responsible attitude through language. The choice of words can actually have an influence on our awareness and then also on our actions and attitude. Do you often use phrases such as "Someone / Man or We still have to..."? Then try using "I" messages more often. For example: "I am convinced..." or "I will definitely still..."
Resilience
Tip 1: To get a better overview of your tasks and the quantity. Use the Eisenhower matrix. Label the X-axis with urgency and the Y-axis with effort and sort your tasks in this way. This allows you to visualize your workload and see more quickly when it gets too much and, if necessary, set limits.
Tip 2: It is often difficult to say "no". We don't want to be seen as lazy or unambitious. But what if we changed our perspective on saying "no"? Like this: with every "no", you say "yes" to something else. You listen to yourself and your needs and this will also benefit your colleagues and your manager afterwards.
Ability to adapt
Tip 1: Do you always eat the same breakfast? Try something new for once! Instead of coffee, try green tea. Instead of bread, try muesli?
Tip 2: Try out new methods to get your work done. Approach your teammates and ask them, for example, about a tool or a special approach that you use in your work and have them briefly explain it to you.
Problem-solving ability
Tip 1: Problems are unpleasant and you often have the impulse to want to solve them immediately. Sometimes this leads to actionism, which ends in even more chaos. That's why we recommend this: When problems arise, pause for a moment and take stock. What exactly is the problem? What are the causes? Who is affected by it? This can also be done quite simply on a sheet of paper. The main thing is to get an overview.
Tip 2: Consciously include the perspective of other people, be it colleagues or family members, in problem situations. This automatically expands the range of possible solution options.
We hope these tips were helpful for you and wish you continued success in training your interdisciplinary skills!
Sources:
- https://human-epc.ch/blog/resilienztipp-grenzen-ziehen-new-work
- https://karrierebibel.de/selbstverantwortung/
