Competency

The peter principle the journey from competence to incompetence, was written by Laurence J. Peter  who analysed hundreds of cases of occupational incompetence which led him to formulate Principle. The book is extremely humorous, a satirical model, it was first published in 1969. What is surprising is that many [...]

"How will you exploit and cultivate core competencies, those that will enable you to achieve your strategic aims?" This is a question that I regularly ask during strategic planning workshops and one which leaders answer from a systems and process perspective. While systems are necessary for any company, most [...]

Why do organisations invest in competency based learning and development? In my experience organisations invest in competency based learning and development to cut out the irrelevance of content not related to occupational performance among the products offered by many learning and development providers. This saves both time and money [...]

What are competencies? Many organisations have recognised the huge benefits to be gained from the introduction of competency frameworks. Competencies are the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that contribute to individual and organizational performance How are they expressed? By focusing on the inputs (competencies) and (outputs) performance, companies [...]