Build your own job competency models
Many companies are building their own competency models without the help (& expense) of external consultants. More than 1,000 HR professionals have attended a three-day workshop and learned how to [...]
Competency Modeling – Research or Intuitive Approach
There are three approaches to building a competency model: 1) Research 2) Intuitive 3) Balance of Research and Intuitive 1. Research Approach Research approaches to competency model building emphasize systematic [...]
What will key users of a competency model need from it?
The planning of a competency model requires identifying the most important stakeholders and users and considering how they will want to use the model. People in the job often want [...]
Do your executives and managers need a Global Perspective?
To maintain global competitiveness, changing circumstances are demanding global strategic visions and new organizational structures that are conceptualized, articulated and implemented by managers. What is a “global perspective”? It is [...]
How to Successfully Implement a Competency Model
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Selecting a HR Application for a Model-Building Project
Competency models have many potential uses – for diverse areas including selection, assessment, development, performance management, training, and planning career paths. Some organizations do not always feel a need to [...]
How to break the Competency Curse
How One Manager Found New Opportunities at Work When good workers suffer from "the competency curse," they can end up being pigeonholed into tasks they do well, instead of a [...]
When companies select CEOs in their 40s.
Generational changes are occurring in the executive suite as more companies hire chiefs in their late 40s. Generation X is moving into the corner office, bringing a different style [...]