What makes an effective leader? Many people would likely agree there are essential skills and behaviors that contribute to the effectiveness of a leader. And to ensure emerging leaders are ...

Key skills have become an essential factor for employment, particularly because of their cross-cutting nature. The thesis attempts to demonstrate this and to identify, through statistical analysis, ...

For most organizations today, chances are high that many of the company’s management roles are currently filled by a millennial. In fact, one report says 28% of millennials are managers today, but ...

The concept of a skill matrix was introduced when a manager’s supervisor asked about coverage during vacation and whether a matrix of key competencies was in place. This highlighted the importance of ...

A new publication from the OECD identifies key competencies that are essential for the personal and social development of people in modern, complex societies. It lays ...

Brian Stecher and Laura Hamilton, measurement experts at RAND, share the results of their study on how schools and districts should consider assessments for measuring competencies like creativity and ...

The American Hospital Association’s Committee on Performance Improvement has released a report detailing “must-do” strategies and organizational core competencies necessary for healthcare ...

Emergency Management (EM) Practitioners and Academicians have been investigating key elements to professionalize and standardize the EM career field for over twenty years. This paper presents findings ...

Smart multichannel merchants are using all their core competencies across all selling channels — including stores, Websites, and catalogs — and they’re finding that the more they do, the greater their ...