Competency Modeling Expertise

Competency models are key to optimizing your talent processes. We help you build them effectively.

What is Competency Modeling?

Competency modeling defines the skills, abilities, and behaviors employees need to succeed. These models are crucial for recruitment, development, performance management, and succession planning. They set clear expectations for success and communicate your company culture. A well-built competency model ensures the right messages are conveyed to both candidates and employees.

Our Approach to Competency Modeling

We’ve built hundreds of competency models, each tailored to meet unique needs. However, all follow these 4 key principles:

1. Purpose and Impact

We start by understanding what problem you’re solving and the impact you want to achieve. Whether improving hiring decisions or strengthening performance management, we help you define measurable goals and track the success of your competency models.

2. Cultural Alignment

We align your competencies with your Mission, Vision, and Values to ensure they reflect your organization's culture. Custom competency models are essential—if they don’t feel like your culture, they won’t build it.

3. Distinct & Measurable

We use behavioral science and psychometrics to define competencies that are clear, observable, and measurable. If you can’t measure it, it won’t be useful, so we ensure every competency is actionable and measurable via interviews, performance reviews, and assessments.

4. Relatable & Memorable

We keep competencies simple and understandable. Our models are designed to be intuitive and easy to implement, ensuring everyone in your organization can relate to and benefit from them.

Applying Your Competency Model to Talent Processes

To ensure successful implementation, introduce your competency model to employees ahead of its application in HR processes. A staged rollout—one process at a time—works best.

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Structured Interviews

We specialize in creating structured, competency-based interview questions, which are proven to be twice as predictive of job performance as unstructured interviews.

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360 Feedback Tools

We design custom 360 feedback tools that assess competencies, providing actionable insights on behaviors to start, stop, and continue for success.

Objective Assessments

Our tailored assessments help you make informed hiring, development, and succession planning decisions by evaluating competencies critical to success.

Need Expert Help?

Let us streamline your competency modeling project. We’ll help you get it done faster, easier, and more effectively.