Are Technological Advancements Undermining Your HR Processes?
With rapidly advancing technologies, the majority of industries are faced with the double challenge of 1) staying informed and current and 2) effectively integrating new systems, processes and software into [...]
Managing Role-Specific Technical Competencies
With the continuing evolution of the business environment, it has become necessary for companies to adopt a competency framework that is not only sufficiently solid and accurate to [...]
The Cost of Higher Quality Decision-Making
How do successful human resource teams manage to do more with less, thus earning their respective title? Less staff, less outsourcing… all thanks to higher quality decision-making, which drives lower [...]
Developing Technical Competencies
The demand for and interest in creating technical competencies has significantly increased in the past few years. When the concept of competencies first emerged, the focus was largely on [...]
Selecting for Success: Succession Planning
The challenge with any corporate succession plan is ensuring its adaptability to the dynamic nature of the actual succession process, as well as the shifting demands of a given [...]
Test for Competence or Intelligence?
The first competency model was developed in the early 1970’s by the eminent psychologist Dr. David McClelland and consultants from McBer and Company2. McClelland was a Harvard professor who published [...]
The Basics of Performance Management
The basics of performance management is this. Performance is the true test of survival in the marketplace. High-performing employees contribute superior performance, giving your organization its main competitive advantage. You [...]
The Competent New Human Resources Manager
You most likely already know that competencies help define the basic skills employees need to perform their job duties. But did you know that new managers in the human resources [...]