Skills Database (250 Entries)

Skills are the ability to do something well. These include a broad range of professional, communication, media, design, social, academic and life skills that are relevant to pursuits such as jobs, learning or generally thriving in life.

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Professional Skills (89)

Communication (27)

Design & Media (29)

Technical Skills (19)

Soft Skills (27)

Life Skills (31)

Academic Skills (18)

Social Skills (18)

Academic Discourse	Academic Writing
Accountability	Adaptability
Algorithms	Analysis
Apologies	Argument Development
Articulation	Assertiveness
Attention to Detail	Auditing
Automation	Benchmarking
Brand Management	Budgeting
Building Consensus	Building Goodwill
Building on the Ideas of Others	Business Acumen
Business Development	Calm Under Pressure
Capacity Planning	Case Studies
Challenging Assumptions	Change Leadership
Change Management	Charisma
Clarity & Conciseness	Closing Sales
Cloud Computing	Coaching
Coding & Scripting	Commercial Art
Communication Design	Community Building
Compassion	Competitive Analysis
Complaint Resolution	Compliance
Composure	Concentration
Concept Art	Concept Development
Conflict Resolution	Consistency
Constructive Criticism	Content Curation
Contingency Planning	Continuous Development
Continuous Improvement	Continuous Integration
Contract Management	Conversational Skills
Cooperating	Cost Control
Creative Direction	Creative Problem Solving
Creative Vision	Creative Writing
Creativity	Critical Thinking
Cross-cultural Communication	Cross-functional Collaboration
Cultural Sensitivity	Customer Advocacy
Customer Education	Customer Engagement
Customer Experience	Customer Feedback Analysis
Customer Needs Analysis	Customer Relationship Management
Customer Retention	Cybersecurity
Data Analysis	Data Science
Data Visualization	Databases
Decision Making	Decision Modelling
Dependability	Design Analysis
Design Mockups	Determination
Difficult Conversations	Digital Literacy
Diligence	Diplomacy
Due Diligence	Editorial Design
Emotional Intelligence	Employee Engagement
Entrepreneurial Mindset	Ethical Reasoning
Event Planning	Executive Communication
Experiment Design	Eye Contact
Facilitation	Facilities Management
Feedback Delivery	Field Research
Financial Analysis	Finding Common Ground
Flexibility	Focus
Forecasting	Forgiveness
Formal Communication	Generosity
Global Perspective	Goal Planning
Governance	Graphic Design
Group Communication	Handling Criticism
Humility	Humor
Ideation	Illustration
Improvisation	Incident Management
Influence	Informal Communication
Information Architecture	Initiative
Integrity	Interpersonal Skills
Interviewing	Introspection
Inventory Management	KPI Development
Language Proficiency	Leadership
Lifelong Learning	Listening
Logistics Management	Logo Design
Machine Learning	Making Friends
Managing Expectations	Market Research
Math Skills	Media Design
Media Literacy	Media Production
Meeting Commitments	Meeting Management
Mobile App Development	Music Composition
Navigating Social Situations	Negotiation
Networking Skills	Non-Verbal Communication
Note-Taking	Numeracy
Objection Handling	Openness
Operations Strategy	Organizational Skills
Patience	Perceptiveness
Performance Management	Performance Metrics
Personal Presence	Personal Resilience
Perspective Taking	Persuasive Communication
Planning	Politeness
Positive Attitude	Presentation Skills
Presentations	Problem Management
Problem Solving	Process Improvement
Procurement	Product Design
Product Development	Production Planning
Professionalism	Profitability Analysis
Programming	Project Management
Prospecting	Prototypes
Public Speaking	Qualitative Analysis
Quality Assurance	Quality Control
Quantitative Analysis	Questioning
Rapport Building	Record Keeping
Reflective Listening	Relationship Building
Reliability	Reporting
Research	Resource Allocation
Respectfulness	Return on Investment Analysis
Risk Management	Safety Awareness
Second Languages	Self-Awareness
Self-Confidence	Self-Discipline
Self-Improvement	Self-Reflection
Service Recovery	Sincerity
Social Awareness	Social Perceptiveness
Software Development	Solution Architecture
Source Evaluation	Sourcing
Statistical Analysis	Staying on Task
Storytelling	Strategic Planning
Stress Management	Study Skills
Supportiveness	Sustaining Relationships
Systems Development	Tactfulness
Taking Ownership	Taking Responsibility
Teaching	Team Building
Teamwork	Technical Analysis
Technical Support	Test-taking
Trend Analysis	Trend Awareness
Troubleshooting	Trust-Building
Tutoring	UI/UX Design
Upselling & Cross-selling	Vendor Management
Verbal Communication	Video Editing
Visual Communication	Visual Composition
Visual Storytelling	Web Development
Win-win Thinking	Work Ethic
Workflow Optimization	Writing
Written Communication

Professional Skills

Professional skills are commonly listed in job descriptions, resumes and in other artifacts such as performance reviews. They are so often listed that they get standardized to phrases that can begin to sound cliche. This is particularly true of soft skills whereby phrases such as active listening are overused to the extent they feel kinda empty. If you are working on a job description there is a choice -- use fresh and original phrasing or use the standard term. The skills above mostly use standard phrasing but it is possible to state them in your own way. For example, "engaging with people to truly listen."

Communication

Communication is the basis for all social processes including education, work and social life. This includes verbal, non-verbal, written and visual communication in both formal and informal situations. There are vast differences in communication skills from one person to the next -- these are deep talents that are difficult to master. For example, a lot of people have a skill such as public speaking but few will really take this all the way to become a great speaker.

Design & Media

Media and design skills are increasingly applicable to most pursuits in life whereby problems are often solved with design in every domain. Likewise, media skills are broadly applicable to most jobs or academic programs whereby we increasingly communicate using media.

Technical Skills

Technical skills have three levels -- architects that design technology, developers who implement it and users that use it. As technology becomes more advanced people tend to be pushed up this ladder whereby more people are designing technology as opposed to merely using it.

Soft Skills

Soft skills are valuable abilities such as leadership that are difficult to measure or transfer between people. These are skills that are cultivated with experience and often stem from a natural talent.

Life Skills

Skills that are broadly applicable to life such as the ability to bounce back from failure without loss of enthusiasm. Life skills include low level skills such as literacy and high level skills such as emotional maturity.

Academic Skills

Skills that are applicable to education and learning in general. This includes the ability to acquire knowledge, conduct research and create academic artifacts such as a research paper, essay or writing an exam.

Social Skills

Social situations, relationships and institutions are arguably the most complex things that most people will deal with in their life such that social skills can be difficult to master. For example, navigating office politics to get things done.

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