All About Skills!
Charlie Jett explains the Eight Critical Skills You Need to Succeed!
Episodes
October 18, 2018 • 16 mins
This is the introductory episode of "All About Skills" where Charlie Jett describes the eight critical skills, where they came from, how they were derived, and why they are important.
Subsequent episodes will discuss each of the eight critical skills and, following that, he will discuss the skills from the different perspectives of such individuals as teachers, career-minded individuals, students, business managers, executiv...
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October 18, 2018 • 27 mins
The communications skill is the most important skill you can learn.
Basically it is the ability to get ideas out of your head and into the heads of others through reading, writing, listening and speaking. It is a LEARNED SKILL and should be practiced early during any educational experience including K-6.
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October 18, 2018 • 36 mins
The production skill is quite simple. It's the skill of taking something from the "Idea stage" to the "Final Product" stage.
It can be as simple as a group of high school kids having an idea for a float in a homecoming parade to solving the global warming crisis. The skill is the same no matter the complexity of the idea to final product, although the complexity can vary widely.
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October 18, 2018 • 19 mins
The information skill has changed over the past three decades.
What once was a skill to seek out and find relevant information to apply to analysis now has become the need for sorting out from literally tons of information to separate the relevant from the irrelevant and the truth from false. Good analysis depends on accurate and true information. Charlie Jett describes the information gathering process.
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October 19, 2018 • 27 mins
The Analysis skill is the process of taking information that has been VERIFIED as being true, developing FINDINGS from that information (what the information means or tells us), drawing CONCLUSIONS based on the findings which, in turn, are based on accurate information, and developing RECOMMENDATIONS about what course(s) of action to take. Note that FALSE INFORMATION can lead to conclusions that are either true or untrue - you can'...
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October 25, 2018 • 28 mins
The Technology skill is the skill one uses to SELECT the appropriate technology solution to address a problem. It is NOT the skill which one uses to create technology - such as to design an electronic circuit board - but the skill to USE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY. Charlie Jett discusses the Technology skill and gives examples of its use.
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October 31, 2018 • 9 mins
The Interpersonal skill is not the skill you use to make friends. It's the skill that, by using it, results in other people such as your teammates consider you as a valuable asset to the team. It's your way of contributing value to the whole and, in a sense, is an important justification for your compensation. In this short program, Charlie Jett discusses the Interpersonal skill and gives examples of its use.
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November 1, 2018 • 10 mins
The time management skill is simple in concept but it is often a struggle for us all. The skill enables an individual to determine which tasks are most important -- to set priorities -- and to devote the appropriate amount of time to accomplish these tasks at a high level of quality.
Another way to look at the skill is as Charlie Jett describes: You go to work in the morning and you know you have ten things to do. Four of these ...
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November 1, 2018 • 14 mins
We now live in an ever-changing world where significant and fast-paced developments in technology, worldwide competition and demands for workplace know-how require us to adapt to these challenges simply in order to survive.
Charlie Jett discusses the Continuous Education skill - the ability to constantly learn new techniques, master changing technologies, keep up with the changes in an industry, and the like.
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November 3, 2018 • 26 mins
This program discusses the Critical Skills from the perspective of the Teacher.
It is no easy task to teach skills - particularly the critical skills. Simple lecturing from the front of the classroom without engaging the students in active participation simply doesn't do it. Charlie Jett discusses the ways that teachers can actually teach the critical skills through engaging the students in ways other than sitting and listening end...
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November 8, 2018 • 22 mins
In this episode, Charlie Jett focuses on the Critical Skills from the perspective of the STUDENT.
Questions addressed include, Why are the skills important? How are the skills learned in high school and college? What is a good way for a student to choose a college to attend? What considerations should be in the student's mind when taking a new job? Critical skills ARE important for students at an early age - the earlier the focus ....
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November 12, 2018 • 14 mins
In this episode, Charlie Jett discusses the Critical Skills from the perspective of the business. He discusses how a company can identify their own unique set of critical skills and core competencies. Additionally, he discusses the well-known and usable "Lominger Competencies."
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November 15, 2018 • 22 mins
This is the text of a high school graduation address given by Charlie Jett in California. It stresses the importance of the Critical Skills, advice about choosing a college, advice about choosing a major, and advice about taking that "first job."
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November 20, 2018 • 20 mins
The world around us is changing at a pace that the word "dizzy" doesn't describe.
It poses challenges for young people to find for themselves a productive role in society and to engage in and lead a happy life. To do this, one must understand what has happened over the past half century and where our world seems to be heading. In this episode, Charlie Jett discusses these challenges and the growing importance of the Critical Skills...
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November 26, 2018 • 14 mins
In this episode, Charlie Jett discusses how parents can help their children learn and practice the Critical Skills.
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December 6, 2018 • 34 mins
In this episode, Charlie Jett focuses on Authentic Assessment - what it is and how it is accomplished. Of particular interest is Professor Jon Mueller's (North Central College) contribution of his outstanding descriptions of authentic assessment vs traditional assessment (used with permission). He has an excellent website that can be reached at the following address: http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/
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December 18, 2018 • 29 mins
In this episode, Charlie Jett discusses the importance of
work-based learning for disadvantaged youth as well for the health and
well-being of the US economy.
He discusses different kinds of work-based learning programs
such as tours, job shadowing, mentorships, internships, registered
apprenticeships, cooperative education, service learning and field studies.
He stresses the importance of work-based learning forcollege-b...
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December 26, 2018 • 60 mins
In this
episode, Charlie Jett discusses Field Studies in depth. Field Studies were
highlighted by the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
report, “Teaching the SCANS Competencies” as an effective means of teaching the
Critical skills.
Field
Studies are conducted by a team of students and focus on issues identified by
local area businesses or community service organizations. The students write a
confi...
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March 13, 2021 • 51 mins
Today, we are very fortunate to host the founder of a highly successful networking group that specializes in connecting you to your next career opportunity - Mr. Marty Gilbert!
Specifically, Marty is an EXPERT in the job search process!
In 2010, Marty founded the NorthShore Executive Networking Group, and today over 8,000 single contributors, managers, directors, Vice Presidents and C-Level executives are members, and Mar...
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May 7, 2021 • 44 mins
Coach Pat Sullivan has dedicated his career to inspiring people, helping them to discover and capitalize on their personal strengths.
In more than four decades of collegiate and high school coaching, he touched thousands of lives and impacted a new generation of leaders who today succeed in a wide range of business and civic capacities.
Coach Sullivan retired after 34 years as a teacher and men’s basketball coach at the U...
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