Understanding your team’s skillsets and strengths

In the charity sector, where resources are often limited, tapping into your team member’s unique skill sets and strengths is crucial. It is not just about ‘making do’ with what's available, but rather a strategic and empowering strategy to achieve more with less.

Charities that embrace this collaborative approach can navigate internal resource constraints more effectively and build a culture of learning, continual development, and shared success.

Understanding and appreciating the individual skills of team members enables your charity to make the most of what you have and helps you achieve more with fewer resources.

We have created a workshop to help you identify and learn about each other’s skills and strengths. This is a small workshop for your team, and all you will need is a room/space big enough for everyone to attend.

How to structure your skills workshop

• Each participant will need a pen and a large sheet of paper
• The workshop lasts for 1 hour
  • 5 minute introduction
  • 25 minutes for creating ‘skills stalls’
  • 30 minutes for team review

How to run your skills workshop

• Set the scene and explain to the group that they are in a market,