1. Task 6a
Teamwork
The first transferable skill I believe I possess is teamwork. I believe I acquired
this skill at a young age as I started playing football when I was four so I believe
this is when I started to learn the skill and I am still playing football now. I think
that this is one of the most important skills as it means you can be diverse in
situations where you can work on your own and in teams. I also believe I have
added to this skill as my jobs requires me to work with people as I must work
with multiple people for the day to go smoothly. We must communicate with
each other throughout the whole day.
I think that for a team to be good everyone must be dedicated to the team,
not be selfish as well as having everybody in the perfect section and having a
great team leader who motivates his/her team. I think I would not like to be a
leader of a group as I prefer being told what to rather than tell others what to
do. I think that teamwork as a skill would be one of the most important to
have, to an employer as in nearly every organisation you have to work with
people. I believe that a good team can be a better way to work if it is looked
after and monitored properly. Some of the main benefits of a good team is
more efficiency because more people doing things, idea generation because
the more people means the more ideas that will be put forward to the team.
Physical
The second transferable skill that I believe I possess is physical skill. I have been
physically active for my whole life as I have always been playing football or
playing some sport. I have played football for 14 years as I started when I was 4
and have played for St joseph boys fc for 12 of those years as well as Ballybrack
and wayside. I believe this skill is very important as I believe it sets aside lazy
people from hardworking people. I think I have this skill because even in work I
hate having nothing to do so I will always make sure I am packing something
and if I don’t have something to do I will find something to do or ask one of the
managers do they need something done. Even though I could get away with
doing nothing like a lot of the other staff do and not get caught.
I believe that I could never do that as I don’t think it’s the way I work and I
don’t have a lazy mind-set. I hate standing still I always like to be moving and
working. I think this is why I enjoy working in retail so much and would like to
pursue a career in managing a shop in the retail sector. If I was a manager, I
would (MBWA) manage by walking around. I have even been praised by the

2. shops area manager because he told the manager that I have always been busy
when he’s seen me in the shop which he does not say to everybody as he is
hard to impress.
leadership
The third transferable skill I believe I possess is leadership. I think that leaders
are born good leaders and not made. I think this is a very important skill to
have as I don’t think a lot of people have it. I think a lot of people think they’ve
good leadership skills but this does not mean they are good leaders. I believe a
good leader has a mix of autocratic, democratic and laissez -faire. I have shown
leadership skills in work where the mangers have left me in charge of some of
the floor staff if they have to do other work. I carried out the task that was
asked of me very well with good feedback as the managers continue to leave
me in charge of other staff because they trust me.
I think a good leader must be fair but not too nice or they will be walked over
and then in contrast to that they can’t be too autocratic or they can
demotivate the staff and they will leave. I have always been captain of my
football team as the managers have always thought I was a good leader and a
good motivator. I think that if you have good leadership skills you would be
highly sought after by employers. I believe this is an important skill to
employers as it is linked with motivating which is another very important skill. I
think that not all leaders are the same and each one has a different way of
doing things. I also think there is a huge difference between managers and
leaders as leaders have more respect and are looked up to by their followers.
Logical argument
The fourth transferable skill that I believe I possess is logical argument because
I think this is important because you will not come across as stupid and people
will probably find it harder to find problems in your argument. I believe also
that if you put something forward that is logical you could more than likely
persuade people with your argument because you can structure your
arguments better than some other people. I believe this is a very important
skill to do with sales which I would like to work in. I think that being logical has
a link with being mature as well because I think the less maturity will mean a
less logical argument.

3. For our class with Michael murphy one of the assignments was to choose a
book to read and present presentations on. The that I have chosen to read is a
book by dale Carnegie that is called ‘’How to Win Friends and Influence
People’’ it is basically about how you can persuade people to your way of
thinking. I started to read this book as I heard it is good to have read when
going into interviews. Dale Carnegie is a famous salesman, Public speaker and
Author. I think that I find this skill very helpful in life as I would like to possibly
become a rep for a company which will include a lot persuading and the more
logical you are the more likely a customer will buy. I see some of this first hand
in work when the reps come into talk to the fulltime staff about getting more
of their companies’ products in.
Listening
My last transferable skill that I believe is one of the most important is listening.
I believe this is very important because it allows you to learn and communicate
with people properly, I believe I am a very good listener because I think that I
am not really outgoing as other people so I will watch what people say and do
rather than put out my own input into the mix. I also have to listen to my
managers and colleagues as well as mainly and most importantly the
customers who sometimes have a lot to say. Business man and presidential
adviser of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt Bernard Mannes Baruch
said that ‘’most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more
listening than talking”.
I believe there are many possible advantages of being a good listener. Being a
good listener also allows you to work well in a team environment because you
have to listen to the group. I also think that good listeners are nicer people as
they do not just think about themselves or just believe in their own ideas as
they will listen to their colleagues. Another thing that “How to Win Friends and
Influence People” has helped me with is that you can’t win an argument and
that rather than arguing with someone you should listen to their point of view
as you’re your own Biases or prejudices are one of your main barriers to
listening. One of the main benefits of listening to something/someone properly
is that you clearly understand what you will be doing or learning for your CA’s.