Skills Widgets
Overview
Skills widgets help you track, develop, and visualise skill progression across your organisation. From personal skill tracking to team comparisons and gap analysis, these widgets provide powerful insights into workforce capabilities and development opportunities.
Skills widgets are available to organisations with the Skills feature enabled.
Functionality Breakdown
Skills widgets fall into three categories:
Personal Development Widgets help individuals track their skills:
My Skills
Role Skills
Skills Gap Analysis
Skills Comparison
My Rating vs Target
My Rating vs Manager Rating
Your Rating vs Manager's Rating
Organisational Insights Widgets provide team and company-level data:
Skills Distribution
Skills Frequency
Skills Matrix
Top Users with Skill
Total Skills Rated
Number of Skills Ratings
Average Skill Rating
Recently Rated Skills
Discovery Widgets help users find skill-related content and people:
Recommended Experts
Recommended Events
Recommended Content
Associated Skills
Widget Reference
Widget | Description |
|---|---|
My Skills | View and rate your own skills |
Role Skills | View skills associated with a specific role |
Skills Gap Analysis | Compare your skills against a role's requirements |
Skills Comparison | Side-by-side comparison of your skills vs role requirements |
My Rating vs Target | Visual comparison of your ratings against target levels |
My Rating vs Manager Rating | Compare your self-ratings with your manager's assessment |
Your Rating vs Manager's Rating | Shows how your own skill ratings match or differ from your manager's rating |
Skills Distribution | Review rating distribution across a skill |
Skills Frequency | Chart showing skill frequency across selected users |
Skills Matrix | Breakdown of selected skills across users (max 20 skills) |
Top Users with Skill | Leaderboard of most experienced people with a selected skill |
Total Skills Rated | Count of skills that have been rated |
Number of Skills Ratings | Total count of skill ratings submitted |
Average Skill Rating | Average rating across all skills |
Recently Rated Skills | Highlight skills that have been recently rated |
Recommended Experts | Find experts to learn from or reach out to for mentoring |
Recommended Events | Discover events that can help boost your skills |
Recommended Content | Content recommendations related to a skill |
Associated Skills | View skills related to a selected skill |
Pre-requisites
Skills widgets require the Skills feature to be enabled.
Role Requirements
Action | Required Roles |
|---|---|
Add Skills widgets to Dashboards | Owner, Admin |
View personal Skills widgets | All users with Skills access |
View organisational Skills widgets | Owner, Admin, Manager (for their reports) |
Configure widget settings | Owner, Admin |
Quick Start Guide
Navigate to your Dashboard from the sidebar
Click Add Widget beneath the banner
Select the Skills category
Choose your desired widget
Configure settings (e.g., select a role for gap analysis widgets)
Click Add Widget
💡 Tip: The Skills Gap Analysis widget is brilliant for career development conversations—it clearly shows where users need to develop to meet role requirements.
FAQs
Q: Why can't I see Skills widgets in the widget picker?
Skills widgets require the Skills feature to be enabled. Contact your administrator if you believe this should be available.
Q: How many skills can I add to the Skills Matrix widget?
The Skills Matrix allows a maximum of 20 skills to be selected at once.
Q: What's the difference between Skills Gap Analysis and Skills Comparison?
Both compare your skills to a role's requirements. Skills Gap Analysis focuses on identifying gaps and ordering by development priority, whilst Skills Comparison provides a side-by-side visual comparison of essential skills.
Q: Why does My Rating vs Manager Rating show no data?
This widget requires both you and your manager to have rated the same skills. Ensure your manager has provided ratings for your skills.
Q: How does Top Users with Skill work?
It creates a leaderboard showing the most experienced people with a selected skill—useful for identifying experts, planning training, and project resourcing.
Q: What are Associated Skills?
Associated Skills are skills that have been linked together by administrators. The widget shows related skills that users might also want to develop.
Troubleshooting
Issue | Solution |
|---|---|
Skills widgets not appearing | Verify Skills feature is enabled for your organisation |
No data in Skills Matrix | Ensure selected users have rated the chosen skills |
Empty Role Skills widget | Select a role that has skills assigned to it |
No experts found | Users need to have rated the skill to appear as experts |
Skills Comparison empty | Ensure you've selected a role with assigned skills |
No recommended events | Requires Events feature to be enabled |
Associated Skills shows nothing | The selected skill has no associated skills configured |