Seven Factors To Consider Before Building Competency Models
There are factors to consider before attempting to develop and implement a competency framework for talent management - factors that can make or break your best efforts.
7 Practical Tips for Developing Competency Models and Applications
There are at least seven factors to consider before building job competency models and applications - factors that can make or break your best efforts.
Include Technical Competencies in Your Competency Library
Many organizations want to include technical competencies, skills, knowledge, in competency models and human resource applications. Off-the-shelf competency libraries and dictionaries for very specific technical specialties are available. Most [...]
Developing the Competency of “Adaptability”
Background Ongoing changes in the world are causing a high level of stress, and the need to adapt to that stress. The pandemic dramatically changed the workplace landscape. Lockdowns and self-isolation [...]
Competency-Based Career Planning
Download Workitect’s Competency-Based Career Planning Kit—a practical self-assessment guide with forms and templates to identify strengths, choose competencies to develop, and build clear development goals. Includes planning diagrams, selectors, and action plans.
Leadership For Managing Massive Change
Managing Change is an essential leadership competency that drives innovation and organizational improvement. Leaders support and implement change, guide teams through transitions, reduce resistance and anxiety, and build structures that ensure change is executed smoothly—protecting productivity, morale, and long-term competitiveness.
Fostering Teamwork in Competency Development
Out of the several soft and technical competencies used to characterize the strengths of a workforce, Fostering Teamwork belongs to the top ones. It has two behavioral aspects; the team [...]
Understanding General and Technical Competencies
For an organization to thrive, its general and technical competencies must be very clear to the decision-makers. Only after knowing your company's strengths and weaknesses can you work towards improvements [...]