Assessing Competencies
Why Competency Assessment is Important Competencies are the skills and personal characteristics that enable people to achieve superior performance. Competency-based assessment and [...]
The Strategic Importance of a Competency Framework
A business cannot excel and meet its strategic objectives without having a high percentage of superior performing employees at all levels. Consequently, [...]
The Development Planning Process
COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A ONE-PERSON JOB THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS A general 8-step competency development planning process, applicable in any [...]
Understanding General and Technical Competencies
For an organization to thrive, its general and technical competencies must be very clear to the decision-makers. Only after knowing your company's [...]
Interview and Select Candidates for Interpersonal Effectiveness
People Skills = Interpersonal Effectiveness The ability to notice, interpret, and anticipate others’ concerns and feelings, and to communicate this awareness empathetically to [...]
How Competencies Drive Performance Improvement
It is probably safe to assume that, unless we are mentally or psychologically challenged, each of us wants to improve [...]
Six Steps to Conducting a Behavioral Event Interview
Regardless of how you view today’s economy, if your job involves acquiring talent for your organization, you know that interviewing, assessing, and [...]
Interviewing and Assessing “Strategic Thinking” Competence
What is a Strategic Thinking Competency? Definition: Analyzing an organization’s competitive position and developing a clear and compelling vision of what [...]