In many companies, missing or insufficiently developed skills, key-person dependencies, or mismatched competencies can significantly impact productivity. These challenges often lead to bottlenecks, inefficient processes, and overburdened employees. To address these issues, kyro integrates the Skill Matrix: a tool that makes team capabilities visible, identifies gaps, and directly links analysis to clear measures and coaching opportunities.
The Skill Matrix: Transparency and Targeted Development
The Skill Matrix is a central tool in process management. It not only provides clarity on existing competencies but also lays the foundation for targeted development. With the Skill Matrix, you can answer key questions such as:
- Skills: What skills are available? Where are the gaps?
- Coaches: Who can act as a coach to share knowledge?
- Develepment goals: What development goals need to be achieved, and by when?
Steps to create a Skill Matrix:
- Capture the Current State: Employees and managers evaluate current skills
- Define Goals: Agree on which skills need to be developed.
- Plan Actions: Establish responsibilities and specific steps to close gaps
This approach actively involves employees and contributes to the continuous development of their teams.
How kyro’s Process House Complements the Skill Matrix
In kyro, processes and skills are closely interconnected. The Process House provides the foundation by structuring all main and sub-processes, as well as activities. From this, the Matrix is automatically generated, showing the skills required to execute these processes efficiently.
This connection reveals an important insight: process issues often stem from missing or insufficient skills. kyro highlights these weaknesses, enabling you to take targeted actions to optimize your team and improve processes sustainably.
Visualizing the Skill Matrix in kyro
kyro presents the Skill Matrix visually and interactively, making all relevant information accessible at a glance. Using a combination of color coding, percentages, and structured columns, the tool ensures clarity even for complex teams:
- Traffic Light Colors (Red, Yellow, Green): The color coding immediately shows where development is needed. Employees who have met their goals are marked green, yellow signals progress, and red highlights areas requiring urgent attention
- Gray Fields for Target Goals: These clearly indicate the skills an employee should develop by a specific deadline
- Percentages: Progress for each skill is displayed as a percentage, providing a quick overview of how well the team is equipped to handle current processes
- Structured Columns: On the left side, job-specific skills and processes are clearly listed. Adjacent columns show the current abilities and progress of each employee
Planning Targeted Development with the Open Challenge List
As an integrated tool, kyro supports development planning and actions through the Open Challenge List (OCL), ensuring measurable progress:
- Coaching Options: The Skill and Coaching Matrix identifies suitable coaches and sets clear deadlines for knowledge sharing
- Planning and Execution: Actions and measures can be documented in the OCL and regularly reviewed with status updates
This combination of analysis and implementation ensures that skill development is not only transparent but also sustainable.
Achieve Sustainable Success with the Skill Coaching Matrix
kyro’s Skill Matrix makes skills visible, closes knowledge gaps, and directly connects analysis with concrete measures. By doing so, you strengthen your team while optimizing processes – efficiently and sustainably.
