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V Skill HF-D3.6-002 transversal 7 skills

working with difference and diversity of perspective

Making differences in working methods, background knowledge and insight within a group visible and using them to reach better solutions.

How hrmforce measures this

Assessment method
Situational Judgement Test · rho 0.12 (SD 0.11)
hrmforce instrument
Big Fifty, Colour Profile (Jung), 360 Feedback
Competency (50-framework)
Flexibility
Trainability
high
Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
rising

Scenario with response options, scored on knowledge or behavioural tendency.

Behavioural anchors

LevelBehaviour at this level
N1 Guided Asks about a colleague's different approach how it works and why it was chosen.
works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task
N3 Proficient Deliberately gathers diverging angles on an issue, weighs them and accounts for which insights end up in the solution.
sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process
N5 Leading Arranges that teams routinely include dissent and different angles and tests the effect on the quality of decisions.
sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession

N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.

Underlying skills

These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.

TSkillDefinitionDemand outlook 2026 to 2030
V Comparing different working methods
Comparing approaches
Mapping in a team how members currently approach a task and naming the strengths of each approach. rising
V Actively seeking out a different perspective
Seeking dissent
Asking in a meeting who sees it differently and dealing with that input first. rising
V Inviting dissenting voices into decision making
Devil's advocate
Deliberately involving someone in a decision who is likely to think about it differently. rising
V Bridging cultural differences in collaboration
Cross-cultural collaboration
Naming differences in etiquette, hierarchy and directness and adjusting working agreements accordingly. rising
V Keeping a meeting workable across language differences
Multilingual meetings
Choosing language, pace and a written summary in a mixed team so that everyone can follow. rising
V Limiting bias in a selection interview
Structured interviewing
Using fixed questions, fixed assessment criteria and a second assessor in a job interview. rising
V Using differences in experience within a team
Peer pairing
Pairing experienced and starting colleagues so that both contribute knowledge and learn from each other. rising
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