ex employeeOne of your company managers is struggling with an under-performing worker, and so far, the manager has made all the right moves. The under-performance was addressed in the employee’s latest evaluation, coaching goals were set, and the manager has been following up on a regular basis. Every conversation has been documented, and HR has been kept in the loop at each step. But the manager’s efforts are not paying off. At this point, three warnings have been given, and it now looks like the employee will need to be dismissed.

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Core-Competencies-Discussion

Spring has officially arrived, and as the days get longer, our gardens spill over with flowers, and our upper management offices and HR departments turn lightly to thoughts of growth.

Growth! Productivity! This is the season for a renewed focus on skill development and personal enrichment. Plus the promise of all that these things bring, including swelling revenue streams, new ideas, and burgeoning bottom lines. To make the most of the season and its effect on your employees, it might be time to turn your HR focus to competency development. Great employees are always interested in learning new things and expanding their skill sets, and there’s no better time than the present to provide the resources employees need to increase their value to the company. Here are a few considerations to keep in mind as you move forward.

Employee Core Competencies as an HR Tool

Competency-based assessments are not a new innovation or trend but an overall good practice to adopt. Employee competency assessments have been around long enough to have withstood the test of time and have proven to be a very useful tool for the HR professional’s toolbox. Employee competencies are a list of skills and behaviors that are specific and well defined and are used to layout an organization’s performance expectations for a job or the organization’s culture as a Read More