What does it take to become a successful manager in the sports and fitness industry? This short essay aims to identify the most important transferable key skills, researching the advantages and disadvantages of four key skills that every manager must acquire. communication, organisation, leadership and the ability to work as part of a team. Let's start by understanding what is a transferable skill? Transferable skills are a versatile set of individual skills that can be obtained through various different experiences. an example of places where you could learn and gain transferable skills would be through play and participation in sport, education, working life and family upbringing. Every day we communicate with each other. this happens in various different ways, whether through words, actions or even expressions. For a good and effective manager, communication helps create and sustain the organization's operations, through a two-way conversation. "imposing one-way communication on people without them understanding and understanding leads to poor management" (Torkildsen, 2011 P.348). There are four different types of communication with each other: verbal, nonverbal, formal and informal. All four forms of management perspective communication can be used to communicate information or authority knowledge, to delegate responsibilities and tasks, and to provide important information. However, as stated by Aquino (2000), conflict is the main disadvantage of workplace communication. Staff members can use communication to argue and disagree with each other and also with management. Therefore, causing tension and anxiety which can prevent the completion of tasks and disrupt team cohesion. In the event of conflict, staff may feel like... middle of paper... 2012). Strategic organizational communication: In a global economy. 6th ed. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.Fayol, H (2013). General and industrial management. Eastford: Martino Fine Books.Howell, J., Costley, D (2001). Understanding behaviors for effective leadership. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Javid, Dr A. (2012). Productive Leadership: Daily Devotion to Develop Discernment. USA: Advancement of native missions. Lawson, I (2001). Leadership: Instant access to key tips, tactics and techniques. London: Spiro Press. P.7.Lenahan, T (2005). Turnaround, shutdown and outage management: Effective planning and step-by-step execution of planned maintenance operations. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.Mullins, L (2013). Management and organizational behavior. England: FT Publishing International.Torkildsen, G (2011). Sports and leisure management. 6th ed. Oxon: Routledge.