Competencies: Curse or Cure?

One-day intensive masterclass

Available in:

→  In-house program
→  Customized to your roles and frameworks

Can be adapted to your organization’s leadership framework, succession process, or executive assessment context.

Learn how modelling and frameworks support or undermine organization capability

Why it matters

Competency frameworks are everywhere, yet many organizations struggle to explain their purpose, link them to performance, or justify the effort they require. What should enable clarity often becomes administrative weight.

What participants will explore

→ Why competency language drifts
→ The difference between predictors, behavior, and outcomes
→ Where frameworks genuinely add value
→ Where they become bureaucratic theatre
→ How competencies can be repositioned to serve capability and performance

Designed for professionals responsible for shaping organizational capability, talent strategy, and workforce performance

→ HR professionals
→ OD (Organization Development) practitioners
→ L&D (Learning & Development) leaders
→ Talent management professionals
→ Capability leads
→ I-O psychology professionals

Learning Outcomes

→ Sharper framework design
→ Critically evaluate effectiveness of existing competency frameworks
→ Stronger alignment to capability
→ More disciplined use of competency language across HR systems → Distinguish between competencies, capabilities, behaviors, and performance outcomes