Develop Results-Driven Leaders
Results Orientation Results Orientation is a competency that is defined as focusing on the desired end result of one’s own or one’s [...]
Developing the Persuasive Communications Competency
From Workitect's Competency Development Guide, a 280-page resource guide for developing thirty-five competencies. Definition: The ability to plan and deliver oral and [...]
Seven Steps to Developing a Competency
Acquiring competencies has seven steps: (1) identification of the required competencies, (2) self-assessment, (3) observation and study, (4) practice, (5) feedback, (6) goal-setting, and (7) on-the-job support.
Change Management Needs a Competency Framework
Change is inevitable. Whether it is planned or reactive, change typically occurs as a necessity to rapidly evolving frameworks and conditions [...]
Career Gold for You in Your Employer’s Talent Management Process
A truly effective competency modeling process doesn’t just serve the needs and purposes of the company or HR department; integrated with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]