How to Run a Skills Gap Analysis

As a team leader, you’re more likely to run a skills gap analysis for individual team members than you are for the entire department.

• Step 1: Identify skills. Figure out which skills are the most necessary in your teams, including the ones your team already know.
• Step 2: Measure skills. Ask them to rate their proficiency level on a scale from 1–10. If they know that the analysis is to help them grow they’ll be more comfortable telling the truth.
• Step 3: Take action.