Skills Win! A Playbook for Career Success

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This Playbook has evolved over the 50 years of teaching, starting with an emphasis of skills in my freshman course, leading to a book entitled, “10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College,” published by Ten Speed Press.

Coaches create playbooks to help their teams win games. This playbook can be your coach, guiding you towards a winning career. It provides you with an opportunity to improve chances of pursuing a great career path. It allows you to adjust to different opportunities you may encounter throughout your career, just like how coaches adjust plays based on other teams’ defense during the season.

Skills Win!: A Playbook for Career Success is based on the idea that all careers require proficiency in the following 10 Skill Sets, which consist of 38 distinct skills. We call this the Skills Win! Playbook for an obvious reason; you need to master each of these 10 Skill Sets in order to be successful in any career field. While these skills are not the only skills your future career might require you to master, they are relevant to everyday life. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that if you already have the skills particular to the field of your choosing that you’re too smart for this playbook. Merely knowing how to pull out a tooth doesn’t make someone a good dentist. A dentist who is not a good time manager, is frequently hungover, fails to communicate clearly, can’t send a clear email, can’t sell an implant, doesn’t keep good records, doesn’t relate well to employees or customers, who has trouble finding information on the Web, is number phobic, can’t apply knowledge to figure out solutions to problems is going to fail, no matter how well he can pull out a tooth or fill a cavity.

This brief and action-oriented playbook is written for anyone who agrees that the following 10 Skill Sets are crucial for

INTRODUCTION

1 Take Responsibility

2 Developing Physical Skills

3 Communicate Verbally

4 Communicate in Writing

5 Working Directly With People

6 Influencing People

7 Gathering Information

8 Use Quantitative Skills

9 Asking and Answering the Right Questions

10 Solving Problems

Get the holistic set of skills that will propel your career.