Identifying the Metrics Related to Success

We are working on several projects right now to help clients identify which metrics  relate directly to success, which factors can predict whether an individual might have problems on-boarding successfully, and whether the demonstration of the factors described within competency models in fact are statistically related to higher performance.  All of this work we find [...]

Changing World of Competency Models

We’ve been preparing competency models for our clients for over 17 years.  As you recall, we define competency as skills, knowledge and abilities applied for a specific outcome.  Only when we understand what the real outcomes of performance are can we build complete models that really help people perform their best. Lately, we have been [...]

Do Competency Systems Produce Real Results?

We recently did a study to see if a Competency System we built for a client produced any measurable results, or if it was just a “nice to have” system that management preferred to use.  Our client is within a large pharmaceutical company and leads a sales force which sells to institutions and hospital physicians.  The [...]