Strengthening Your Competency Model

An effective talent management strategy is built on the strong foundation of a robust Competency Model. Competencies can be used across the talent management lifecycle - recruitment, learning and career development, performance management, and even rewards. Your Competency Model, however, should help more than your HR functions. Using a competency framework enables an organization to align its staff’s skills, capabilities and knowledge with organizational priorities, resulting in business improvement. At its best then, a Competency Model helps an organization become more successful. If it's not doing that, now is the time to review and check if you've stumbled upon some of the pitfalls in creating, launching and sustaining your Competency Program.