Building Competency Models Certification Workshop

2024 Programs

April 9-11

July 17-19

October 16-18

Approved for HRCI Recertification Credits

How and When the Workshop will be Conducted

• Day 1 and Day 2 sessions will be 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT.

• Day 3 will be 9:00 AM – `12:00 PM EDT.

• The program will be conducted using Zoom conferencing.
More details about the program content and benefits of attending can be found on the Building and Implementing Competency Models web page

Participant Reviews – “The workshop is a fantastic blueprint to follow; not a seminar filled with theory and philosophical thought which do you no good in the real world.” Director, Talent Management. Read More

Workitect’s Six-Step Building Competency Models Process

Step 1 – Conceptualizing the Project

Thinking through the business need
Clarifying the need with the sponsor
Developing an approach
Gaining the sponsors support for the approach
Three approaches to competency model building
Best practices in competency modeling

Step 2 – Project Planning

Stakeholder analysis
Structure of the project plan
Planning Worksheet

Step 3 – Data Collection

Data collection tasks
Criteria for Good Model – Job Assessment Process
Primary data collection methods
Secondary data collection methods
Complete data gathering exercises
General approach for analyzing data

Step 4 – Data Analysis and Coding

Analyzing data from job analysis interviews
Analyzing data from structured event interviews
Integrate data from all sources
Target data exercise
Coding Exercise
Analyzing data from resource panels

Step 5 – Building the Competency Model

Select a set of competencies
Create behavioral indicators
Identify clusters
Prepare draft of model
Review with sponsors

Step 6 – Developing Applications

Professional Development and Training
Selection
Performance Management
Succession Planning
Discussion on specific applications

Individual Consulting Assistance

To Be Scheduled

In separate meetings, each participant (or project team) reviews their planned project, implementation plan, challenges, issues, etc. and receives consulting help from Workitect consultant.

Instructor/Consultant/Coach

Richard Gerlach

Vice President, Consulting and lead instructor for the highly-rated Building Competency Models workshop.

He has thirty-five years of experience in leadership and executive development, training, human resources, and organization development. Formerly, held senior leadership positions with Ryder System, Inc. (Group Director-Organization Effectiveness and Human Resource Development), Pabst Brewing Company and Ryan Homes, Inc. He has extensive experience in developing competency-based performance management, selection, assessment and management development processes. Master’s Degree in Management from the University of Southern California and Bachelor’s

Building Competency Models Certification Workshop