Applying Competencies Across the Talent Lifecycle - with Nicci Esterhuizen

In this episode, Dan van der Werf interviews Nicci Esterhuizen about applying competencies across the talent lifecycle.

The key takeaway from this episode:

• One of the beneficial uses of competencies is for learning and development. Having a competency framework in place can help you to conduct a skills gap analysis. You can identify areas of strength and areas for improvement, and design targeted development around that. A mature competency framework adds rigor and structure to the whole L&D process.

• Scope and complexity can be a challenge when implementing competencies in a large organization. One helpful solution is to group roles into job families where similar competencies are required for success. Doing so enables processes to work a bit quicker.

• When defining competencies for a role, it’s critical to keep the role in mind (not any specific person in that role). It’s also important to define roles in terms of minimum acceptable performance, not all-star performance.