This 5-day (40-hour) academy is composed of six workshops. Attendees will learn how to identify, define, evaluate, and manage competencies associated with each role or job function within an organization and then analyze them to determine which competencies are most essential for its successful operation. This academy prepares attendees to develop and document information that is needed to effectively: create a sound strategic workforce plan, formulate talent development strategies, identify and prioritize talent development initiatives that will achieve maximum impact, manage and develop talent, and do succession planning.

Workshop #1: Strategic Alignment Between Competencies and Mission • Organization mission statements • What is a competency? • Connecting mission to competencies • Levels of competence: proficiency

Workshop #2: Building Competency Dictionaries and Pyramids • Unearthing competencies • Creating a competency dictionary • Constructing a competency pyramid• Verification and validation of competency pyramids • Identifying core and mission critical competencies• Creating a competency profile

Workshop #3: Measuring Value, Risk, and Performance • Measuring the value of competencies • Quantifying your risk exposure • Identifying critical to quality (CTQ) factors • Defining key performance indicators (KPIs)

Workshop #4:Organizing Competency Pyramids Into Communities of Practice• Organizing roles into communities of practice (COP)• Locating the diamonds: Discovering your most valuable and key competencies• Quantifying the value of your human capital• The Human Capital Balance Sheet™

Workshop #5:Managing Careers from a Competency Management Perspective• Creating competency profiles for a community of practice• Creating competency maps• Creating a career progression matrix

Workshop #6: Performing a Comprehensive Analysis • Performing a comprehensive analysis for senior leadership roles • Performing a comprehensive analysis for first-line supervisor • Performing a comprehensive analysis for line workers • Performing a comprehensive analysis for staff support positions • Learning and applying best practices

Certification Examination and Practicum • Certified Workforce Competency Developer Examination • Certified Workforce Competency Developer Practicum • Award of Certified Workforce Competency Developer certificate

5-DAY ACADEMY WORKFORCE COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS

What You Will Learn✓ Unearth, define, and document

the competencies needed to perform a given role or function, and that are essential for the organization to function successfully.

✓ Create competency profiles, competency maps, career progression lattices.

✓ Build and maintain a competency dictionary.

✓ Create a competency pyramid for a given role or function.

✓ Identify as core competencies those competencies that differentiate your organization.

✓ Conduct a competency risk assessment.

✓ Verify and validate to ensure the competencies align with the organization’s mission and strategic vision.

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REGISTRATIONFor more information about this academy, contact us at 503.780.4758 or visit www.strategicwfp.com.