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COMPETENCIES
A REFERENCE
POINT FOR
DEVELOPMENT
& EVALUATION
Margie Jantti, University of Wollongong Australia and Nick Greenhalgh, Career
Investors In People
Learning and
development is
planned to achieve
the organisations
objectives
capabilities...needed
to lead, manage &
develop people are
clearly defined and
understood
Translated into:
Career development discussions
Lots of development opportunities
Leadership training support
Professional cadet program
Personal and professional
attributes aligned with our values
and Ideal Culture
But
Over the last 4-5 years it
was difficult to fill
leadership positions
The leadership
imperative
Ageing workforce
Leadership drain
STEP 1
Leadership Success
Profiles
Who:
Library Executive
Team leaders and managers
Perspective
Managing Vision &
Mission
Political Savvy
Strategic Agility
Business Acumen
Self Knowledge
Developing Others
Comfort Around Top
Management
Negotiating
Confronting direct
reports
Defined:
Confronting direct
reports
Unskilled:
Not comfortable in giving negative messages
Lets problems fester hoping they will go away
May give people too many chances
Skilled:
Deals with problem direct reports firmly
and in a timely manner
Doesnt allow problems to fester
Reviews performance and holds timely
discussions
STEP 2
Career interviews
Discussed career aims, level of
ambition, barriers to achievement.
But
Barriers to achievement
included:
Large gap between team leader and
executive team simply didnt know how to
bridge the competency gap
Fear of failure
Carrot wasnt seen to be big enough, e.g.
flexible work conditions, remuneration
STEP 3
Evaluation - I
Self and peer assessment against the
competencies
Scale:
5 towering strength
1 serious issue
DK dont know
Gap: more than 1.1 considered significant
Feedback to participants
Scale:
5 towering strength
1 serious issue
DK dont know
Gap: more than 1.1 considered significant
STEP 4
Coaching conversations
for action
One on one
Plus
Coaching workshops for the
leadership cohort
Competencies
integration
Evaluation II
3600 feedback
Against all 67 Lominger
competencies
Detailed report
One on one debrief with consultant
Commitment to sharing results
with peers and manager
* http://www.voiceproject.com.au/Our-Tools/climate.aspx
External validation
Practicalities
Significant investment but better
ROI than a leadership workshop
Scheduling time
Disaffection by those not initially
targeted for coaching
Sustaining over time
Still potential for disappointment despite efforts
undertaken
Sustaining efforts
The 70/20/10 rule
70%
20%
10%
reading projects
Strategic
Internal coaching network
Leadership development framework
To conclude:
From:
Fear of failure
It takes a long
time
Emotions, biases
Its just not worth
it
To:
I can do this
It can be
accelerated
Lets deal with the
facts
I am being
invested in
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