Everyone has skills to be admired, and skills to be developed. In this activity, you'll identify your strengths and your skill gaps. Being aware of these will help you to become conscious of ways to further develop skills most important to your professional success.

Begin by identifying your top five strengths and five important skill gaps. To help you get thinking, here is a list of some potential skills and skill gaps:

• Listening

• Resolving Conflict

• Handling Change

• Managing My Time

• Being Persuasive

• Planning Ahead

• Building Trust

• Balancing Work and Life

• Dealing with Stress

• Communicating Effectively

• Motivating Others

• Creativity

Now narrow both lists to the three most critical to your professional success, those that need to be continually developed.

Lastly, journal about how you have developed your top three strengths. Then journal about what might influence or strengthen the competencies found in your top three skill gaps.