Path to Full Implementation of a Competency System
If you want to use competencies to improve the performance of your workforce, you have probably encountered a number of options and [...]
Build or Buy a Generic Competency Dictionary?
If you have decided to build competency models and/or include competencies in your HR applications, you will need to choose a [...]
Competencies and Competitiveness
RAISE THE BAR ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE Several years ago, the WorldAtWork association sponsored a research study titled “Raising the Bar – [...]
What is a Competency?
A competency is an underlying characteristic of an individual, which can be shown to predict Superior or Effective performance in a job; [...]
The Benefits of Competency Based HR Applications
What value is added when human resource applications are built on a foundation of job competency models? Career Pathing and Retention Job [...]
The Business Case for Competencies – Part Two
To get a sense of how business and human resources strategy might impact decisions about competency applications, companies were asked to state their primary business strategy objectives, how their HR strategies support these objectives and the intended purpose of implementing competency-based applications. Many of the findings apply to today and can provide insight into the challenges and opportunities facing organizations that are implementing competency frameworks and applications.
The Business Case for Competencies
In 1996, to get a sense of how business and human resources strategy might impact decisions about competency applications, companies were asked to state their primary business strategy objectives, how their HR strategies support these objectives and the intended purpose of implementing competency-based applications. Many of the findings also apply to today and can provide insight into the challenges and opportunities facing organizations that are implementing competency frameworks and applications.
Executive Power: A Form of Bullying or Effective Leadership?
When Marissa Mayer took over the leadership at Yahoo!, headlines of radical changes to strategy, direction and company policies flooded the [...]