Six Steps to Conducting a Behavioral Event Interview
Regardless of how you view today’s economy, if your job involves acquiring talent for your organization, you know that interviewing, assessing, and selecting the best candidates for key jobs remains [...]
Competencies and Competitiveness
RAISE THE BAR ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE Several years ago, the WorldAtWork association sponsored a research study titled “Raising the Bar – Using Competencies to Enhance Employee Performance”. The results [...]
Three Approaches To Competency Model Building
When deciding how to approach a competency model building project, it is useful to consider three distinctive approaches: Single Job Competency Model One-Size-Fits-All Approach Multiple Job Approach A project usually [...]
Interviewing and Assessing “Strategic Thinking” Competence
What is a Strategic Thinking Competency? Definition: Analyzing an organization’s competitive position and developing a clear and compelling vision of what the organization needs for success in the future. [...]
How to Include Technical Competencies in Competency Models
You do not need a technical competencies dictionary in order to include technical competencies in your job competency models. Identifying the Competencies In Workitect’s model-building methodology, technical competencies [...]
Develop Organizational Effectiveness and Development
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE LEADERSHIP is one of eighteen competencies in Workitect's competency model for human resources professionals working in a global environment. The model was originally developed by Workitect for a [...]
Develop the HR Competency of “Promoting the Organization’s Culture & Values”
VALUES AND CULTURE PROMOTION One of eighteen competencies in Workitect's competency model for human resources professionals working in a global environment. It is one of five competencies in the HR LEADERSHIP [...]
Criteria for an Effective Competency Model
In our consulting practice, I speak with many HR executives who tell me about the competency models they have developed in their organization and about the impact those models have [...]