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 [...]
Five Types of Competency Characteristics to Predict Future Success
5 types of competency characteristics to understand, identify and measure in your workforce, in order to better assess your employees’ current and potential output.
Matchmaking Through Competencies
Some competencies can more easily be developed than others; by overlooking a person’s potential to acquire new critical skills, employers may be closing the door in the face of future top performers.
Modernize and Reduce the Cost of Your Workforce Planning Strategies
Your HR team is tasked with many responsibilities: recruiting, performance management, coaching and training, compensation, succession, etc. But how do these [...]
Getting Specific with Behavioral Descriptors
If you've ever used or researched competency models, you probably know that their value is essentially measured with regard to their behavioral [...]