Skills Inventory

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MGT 5015 - Leadership Alexis Lake Skills Inventory - 1/24/17 After taking the Skills Inventory assessment, I scored high on technical skills and human skills, and moderate on conceptual skills. According to Three-Skill Approach by Robert L. Katz, high technical and human skills, and comparatively lower conceptual skills, are important for “leaders operating at lower levels of management” (Northouse, 2016, p. 57). Additionally, according to Katz, middle managers would require all three skills and upper-level leaders would require just conceptual and human skills. As a young professional, these results are extremely valuable in understanding my development as a leader and the areas I need to learn in order to grow into higher-level management positions. My high score on technical (23) skills directly corresponds with my educational and professional experiences. With a specialized undergraduate degree in public relations, numerous internships, and five years of professional experience in communications roles, I have a strong foundation for the technical needs of my profession. Being a communications specialist or assistant requires me to know the details of how things work and follow a standardized process. For example, in my role at Elmira College I must know understand how the content management system of our website works and know the process for uploading a new story, image, or video. Another example is that I work closely with design programs everyday. I need to know which program to use for a particular project, while also keeping in mind the overall brand standards and guidelines for my organization. In terms of human skills, I gained a high score (25) in this area. This skills area is focused the “ability to work effectively as a group member and to build cooperative effort within the team” (Katz, 1974). This skill has clearly developed through my professional experiences. In my first role as a communications specialist at Corning Incorporated, one area of my role was focused on the consistently and implementation company’s brand standards. I worked with internal clients to create collateral material to support specific events, departments, or affinity groups. I quickly learned how to actively listen, read their body language, understand their feedback, and ask questions about the clients’ needs. Many clients feel very attached to their initiatives so being sensitive and aware of that was critical in the success of each and every interaction. I would then take all of the clients’ input and translate it into designs, imagery, and


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