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March 14, 2023 by Peter Andryszewicz Leave a Comment

Processes Only Get You So Far!

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March 7, 2023 by Jeff Griffiths Leave a Comment

Competency-based Recruiting

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February 23, 2023 by Jeff Griffiths Leave a Comment

Managing Risk:The Tale (or is that tail?) of the Loaded Skunk.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Competencies, Implementation, Knowledge, Leadership, Management, Risk Management

January 31, 2023 by Jeff Griffiths 2 Comments

Did Knowledge Work Just Have Its “Pond Half Full” Moment?

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Business, Competencies, Competency 101, Competency Frameworks, Implementation, Knowledge, Leadership, Management

June 10, 2021 by Jeff Griffiths Leave a Comment

Defining Competency for Professions

Jeff Griffiths, FCMC CTDP Profession: An occupation in which a professed knowledge of some subject, field, or science is applied; a vocation or career, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.  - Oxford English Dictionary Creating competency frameworks and competency models is an evolving field that has gained greater prominence over the last 20 or so years, and it is where I’ve spent the majority of my time as a consultant. A lot of the work in the … [Read more...] about Defining Competency for Professions

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May 18, 2021 by Peter Andryszewicz Leave a Comment

Implementing Competencies in Your Business: Setting Up a Competency Working Group

By Peter Andryszewicz Competency Implementation If you’ve been keeping up with our blog, you should now have an understanding of what a competency is, how to organize them, what they can used for, the value of using them and how much detail is needed to make them effective. If these articles have convinced you that applying competency can help you solve some of your pressing business issues, great! The next question is… where do I start? The first step to implementing competency-based … [Read more...] about Implementing Competencies in Your Business: Setting Up a Competency Working Group

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April 29, 2021 by Peter Andryszewicz Leave a Comment

Scoping a Competency Project

By Peter Andryszewicz You’ve read our series on competency here. Now you’ve decided that you want the bring in a competency-based system into your organization. Where do you start? The best starting point is to scope the project. This will ensure that you have thought about what you want and, what it takes to get it. This will allow you to make an informed decision about whether or not it is worth proceeding. If you have been part of scoping activities for competency projects in the … [Read more...] about Scoping a Competency Project

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March 24, 2021 by Jeff Griffiths Leave a Comment

Quality: People Before Process

J.L. Griffiths, FCMC CTDP Quality is the key to success. Creating quality – that is, delivering what’s promised to the customer (and then some) the first time, every time should be the aim of every organization. But what drives quality? Is it the process? Technology? People? Something else? I believe that quality occurs at the intersection of human competency and effective process – what Subir Chowdhury has called “people power” and “process power”[1]. Process power is tangible, and … [Read more...] about Quality: People Before Process

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March 11, 2021 by Jeff Griffiths 2 Comments

Competency Frameworks – How Much Detail is Enough?

J.L. Griffiths, FCMC CTDP Competency frameworks are a fundamental tool for developing your organization and your workforce. They are a vital part of a competency management SYSTEM. Yet… they often aren’t used effectively. Complaints run the gamut from “too much detail, too cumbersome, too complicated” to the other extreme “not detailed enough” Maybe the problem is that people are trying to use frameworks to accomplish things they weren’t designed to address. How much detail is … [Read more...] about Competency Frameworks – How Much Detail is Enough?

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Competencies, competency, Competency Frameworks, Industry Training

March 3, 2021 by Jeff Griffiths Leave a Comment

Competency 101 – Part 4: SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!

Jeff Griffiths, FCMC CTDP In my previous article, I mentioned some of the facts supporting the use of competencies. Some of you said “prove it” – so here’s some hard data. In Canada, the ground floor level on competencies is based on the “Essential Skills” – what in other contexts have been called workplace literacy, basic literacy, or “foundation skills”.  A lot of active research has been conducted to look at what happens when employers focus on these competencies when hiring and … [Read more...] about Competency 101 – Part 4: SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!

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