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Skills plan

Make a skills plan

Pick a workplace and a skill and get a plan: workdays to try, small real-world practice steps, tools and further learning (free and paid options), and one next move. Start with a suggestion, or choose your own.

A few good places to start

Choose my own workplace and skill

Step 1 · Choose a workplace

Step 2 · Choose a skill

Your plan

Communication at BrightSpark Digital

Saying what you mean in a way the other person can actually use.

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Not the same as: Being talkative. A short, clear message from a quiet person is strong communication.

Workdays to walk through

  1. Workday 01 · Reply All

    Monday · 8:52 AM

    You sent one message late Friday to close out a loose end. By Monday morning it has been forwarded to nine people, and not one of them read it the way you meant it.

    Where communication shows up: A status update about a delay reads like blame when it reaches the client's full email thread.

  2. Workday 02 · Nobody Said No

    Wednesday · 9:40 AM

    Denise hands you a brief and disappears into back-to-back calls. Nobody tells you the wrong thing. Nobody tells you the right thing either.

  3. Workday 03 · The Deadline That Won't Move

    Monday · 10:15 AM

    Marcus's copy for the Dunmore relaunch isn't coming by Wednesday, and you're the one who knows it first. The question isn't whether to tell someone. It's who, and when.

Practice steps

Choose a step that fits your situation. Mark a step when you have tried it in a setting that fits your life — at work, in a class, while volunteering, caregiving, in your community or in a practice conversation. Nobody is grading this.

The same skill somewhere else

Agricultural supply · Yard and counter

Croft & Sons Feed Supply

The Wrong Load

A driver waits on the phone at a farm while a loading error is traced back at the yard.

Enter workday

Coastal hospitality — inn, dining room and bar

The Cormorant

The Allergy Table

A guest asks whether the chowder is safe for someone with a shellfish allergy.

Enter workday