How to Develop a Competency Model
Workitect's methodology for building models is based on the original job competence assessment (JCA) methodology developed in the 1970’s by Dr. David McClelland, a pioneer in competency research and [...]
General Approach for Analyzing Data to Build a Competency Model
STEP 4 - DATA ANALYSIS AND CODING Previous blogs have described steps 1 through 3 in Workitect's competency modeling process. Step 3, Data Collection, was covered in [...]
Interview and Select Candidates for Interpersonal Effectiveness
People Skills = Interpersonal Effectiveness The ability to notice, interpret, and anticipate others’ concerns and feelings, and to communicate this awareness empathetically to others. Behavioral indicators: Understands the interests and important [...]
Focused Competency Development Program
The objective of this program is to improve each person’s performance in terms of their position-specific competencies, and the organization’s overall performance against those competencies, through feedback, coaching, and [...]
Improve the Selection and Development of Marketing Representatives
FIRST, BUILD A JOB COMPETENCY MODEL Having a job competency model will help identify the skills, knowledge, and personal characteristics (aka competencies) that are required for superior performance of Marketing [...]
Use Competency Interview Guides to Conduct Structured Event Interviews
The Premise Past behavior is the best predictor of future performance. People have unique and characteristic ways of dealing with work situations. As a result, they develop preferred ways [...]
The Right Way to Plan a Competency Modeling Project
Project Planning is Step 2 of Workitect's process for building a job competency models. The key steps in planning a project to develop competency models and competency-base applications are: Conducting a stakeholder [...]
Tailor job competency models to your organization’s vision, mission, and shared values
CUSTOM MODELS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN GENERIC MODELS We often get requests from organizations wanting to acquire off-the-shelf generic competency models. Can a generic off-the-shelf competency model be [...]