What has been the most useful skill in your working life?

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What innate talents or acquired skill really stands out for you?

Bags of energy? Team player knack? Great networker? PRINCE2? Excel?

Keeping my mouth shut, and my eyes and ears open.

Being comfortable talking to people from all different walks of life.

touch typing (such a time saver!)
being polite & friendly to security/reception/cleaning staff, literally opens doors.
trainings are great for networking

Start saying yes more - you get loads more unexpected opportunities. Don’t be afraid to have difficult conversations with people.

Compassion
The ability not to show any judgment
A good conversationalist
Empathy

I'm a mental health nurse so the usual kindness, patience of a saint, empathy.

However like many many answers on here the fact I am.computer literate and a fast typer serves me so well. I spend significantly less time on the computers than pretty much all of my colleagues and that means I have more time for patient care. I would say that slow one fingered typing is one of the reasons lots of people struggle to keep up with the paperwork we have to do.

I also have what some would consider a very "common" yorkshire accent which in professional circles may not go over very well but I regularly get feedback from service users that I'm very easy to talk to because I sound just like they do and don't use "fancy language".

Years ago, and I do mean years ago, in the days long before computers, mobile phones were very very expensive bricks so nobody had one and sat navs were a thing of the movies, and the M25 was still being built, I used to be a taxi controller. We had a huge magnetic map on the wall and the taxis used to be marked on there with little numbered magnets as to where they were going etc. I have always had a fascination for maps, and so just knew how long it'd take to drive from a to b. The drivers were convinced I had telepathic powers because I could call them on the radio at the exact point they arrived at their destination to deposit their passenger! No driver could skive, business owner was fascinated and couldn't understand how I just 'knew'.

Chairing meetings so that things actually get decided.

I wish I had that! Kudos.

Presentation and public speaking skills. I used to be a professional actor (not famous 😂) but the confidence and vocal techniques I learned, have really helped.
I often get wheeled out for public events - especially external ones, which makes my job really diverse and interesting. It's not part of my job at all really, but I really enjoy it

Another one with great Excel skills in a profession where you would think the majority of people would have them but don’t always. Plus I can program in Vba to automate tasks.

Being able to talk to people to find out what it is they want. Asking the right questions.

I can sell ice to Eskimo's

I don't know how but I'm like Del Boy with the gift of the gab

writing in my mothertongue

Being able to write well in an organisation that employs a lot of scientists.

Knowing how to use excel properly and not just as a glorified calculator.

As a manager; Recognising human traits - eg. Fear of change and how to manage that

Also- knowing who the drama queens are and staying out of their BS.

Being a good multitasker and knowing when and what to prioritise I think

Fluency in different languages and cultural awareness of different countries
Ability to multitask without losing track
An excellent memory (although this is beginning to abandon me)
An eye for solutions and ways around obstacles
Optimism and a general positive outlook.

Learning to keep my mouth shut
Getting out of bed and making it to work in the first place
Touch typing
Patience

I'm not lazy, I'm just a generally shit morning person, and not quite a night owl. I work with children with SEN and Disabilities, so patience has to be my strong point. It's hard work when you're sleepy though x

being lazy - encouraged productivity and finding solutions

Touch typing!

Touch typing.

I've learnt how to not be the office bully's victim took me several jobs and years of being targeted at work by a jumped up middle manager or someone else trying flex their muscles on me that it is very important to start as you mean to go on and let them know from the off that they have picked the wrong person and they usually stop. But l always stand up for other people being bullied in the workplace these days because of my experience.
One example was a first day in new dept in the NHS (awash with bullying female bosses ime) and my new line manager very impatiently and wearily showed me that depts system (tbf she was probably under great pressure) and l went back to my desk when she followed me and slammed my induction 'how to' papers down on my desk making me jump and arranged them out in front of me in a very aggressive way and said very stroppily 'You won't get far without these, or were you going to guess your passwords etc' Then she stomped off huffing and muttering. I then noticed she had left her pen on my desk so l walked over slammed it in front of her in exactly same fashion and said 'You won't get far without this either' and went and sat back down waiting to be called to a disciplinary or whatever. Instead she never picked on me again for her outbursts.

To switch off when I drove out of the school gates. I know that nowadays parents expect to be able to email their children's teachers at all hours but I'm afraid they would wait until next day in school hours before I even read it, a reply could take much longer!

Excel- if, index and vlookups and a small amount of vba knowledge has got me to a £50k a year job.

Especially if your quite analytical