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Develop Core and Leadership Competencies

Create and leverage a competency framework to support talent management program goals.

Designing and implementing competencies can be extremely difficult and time consuming. Most HR organizations are too busy with day-to-day operations and do not have time to create and build a comprehensive competency framework.

Executive Summary

Critical Insight

Core and leadership competencies provide organizations and their employees with a common understanding of the knowledge, skills, attributes, and behaviors required to achieve organizational goals and remain competitive.

Impact & Result

  • Understand the difference between core, leadership, and function-specific competencies.
  • Build core and leadership competencies that identify and explain the knowledge, skills, attributes, and behaviors that are most important to the organization leveraging McLean & Company’s competency library.
  • Define core and leadership competencies using behavior-based language.
  • Implement the competency frameworks and integrate throughout various HR functions.
  • Support the competency framework through annual reviews and appropriate resourcing.

Research & Tools

1. Prepare to build core and leadership competencies

Gain an understanding of core and leadership competencies.

2. Select and define competencies

Select and define various core and leadership competencies.

3. Implement core and leadership competencies

Secure leadership buy-in and participation and outline the competency framework implementation plan.

4. Support the competency framework

Create a defined plan for the maintenance of your competency framework.

5. McLean Academy Learning Snapshot

Watch this learning snapshot for an introduction to creating a competency framework.

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