Evoke Development

Competency Development

How do competencies relate to personality? 

Competencies can predict the success or failure of a person's performance and behavior in specific situations based, in part, on their personality.

Why are competencies so important?

Organizations use competencies to identify gaps between their human resource needs and their employees’ strengths and weaknesses. Success associated with competencies involves an individual’s knowledge, skills, traits, motivations, values, and beliefs. There is an underlying relationship between job performance and an individual’s behavior and characteristics.

What are the different types of competencies?

• Threshold: basic-level competencies that individuals need to perform their jobs.
• Differentiating: competencies that separate average from above-average performance.

How can competencies by applied in a work setting?

• Associated with recruitment and selection.
• Linked to the performance appraisal process and compensation strategy.
• Tied to training and development.
• Associated with succession planning.

What are the benefits of linking competencies to the selection process?

• Present a better overall depiction of the job and what it requires.
• Increase job-person fit by providing a profile to match needed skills with existing abilities.
• Eliminate individuals who are not qualified for the position from the beginning, thereby saving time and money.
• Provide a more structured interview process.
• Identify which competencies are trainable and which are more natural.

What are the benefits of linking competencies to training and development?

• Help individuals develop strengths and find compensating strategies for their weaknesses.
• Focus coaching and feedback opportunities.
• Help align organizational strategy and expectations with the training courses offered.
• Reduce wasted training dollars by offering only courses that support the competencies identified.

What are the benefits of linking competencies to the appraisal process?

• Ensure common understanding of what is being monitored and measured.
• Facilitate discussions about performance expectations and execution.
• Focus attention on actual behavior as well as performance.

What are the benefits of linking competencies to succession planning?

• Identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors required for key positions.
• Help determine the job-person fit of potential candidates by matching key traits and skills.
• Determine which competencies potential candidates lack that may result in restructuring or revamping roles and responsibilities or providing developmental opportunities.

Evoke Development can help your organization:

• Identify targeted job competencies.
• Conduct task/job analyses.
• Provide strategies for developing your employee's job competencies. 

Contact us now for more information.