Law360 (May 25, 2010, 3:42 PM EDT) -- Major law firms are increasingly embracing competency models for their associates, both to speed their professional development and make them more marketable to ...

When organizations’ hire, develop, and promote leaders using a competency-based model, they’re unwittingly incubating failure. Nothing fractures corporate culture faster, and eviscerates talent ...

Competency models are used to define which characteristics and performance requirements are needed to meet a certain expectation. A competency is essentially being adept and capable at a certain skill ...

Competency management systems allow employers to evaluate employees' performance. Use of these systems allows managers and supervisors to identify gaps, deploy remedial training, recruit staff and ...

Core competencies are the most essential skills and behaviors your people need to succeed in their roles and drive your business strategy. They spell out what good performance looks like in clear, ...

Perfection may be your goal when developing a competency model for your supply management team. While that’s admirable, keep in mind the most important characteristics of the plan are consistency and ...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is offering a new program to help advisors chart out ways to build behavioral skills to better their practices, according to the organization. In celebrating ...

As large enterprises search for solutions to get the most out of their outsourcing vendors, many are turning to operational frameworks like ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) to ...