The Multiple Jobs Approach to Building Competency Models
In the Multiple Jobs Approach, competency models are developed simultaneously for a set of jobs (e.g., all professional jobs in marketing; all [...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
Succession Planning Strategy Can Hurt Company Competitiveness
Last March, we wrote about the benefits and challenges of using competency models for succession planning and mentoring leaders. In today’s employment [...]
Why Your Talent Management Is Key to Organizational Success
As we enter the third quarter of 2014, most organizations are preparing to kickstart the financial planning process for 2015. If [...]
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.