Competency Driven Organiztions (CDO)

Develop Strategy and then Execute it! Plain and simple – still many organizations do and many don’t get the right results. Why? Either your strategy is not right or has not accounted for competency level of the employees.

Competency of employees is the key to success. More and more organizations have started looking at the competencies available in-house and started comparing it with what it needs. Bridging the gap between what competencies you have and what you SHOULD have is the key. After all we all know that Human Resource is the key resource and a Competent Human resource of the organization is the real Human Capital it holds!

A competent employee does his job well!

Is it just because he/she has knowledge & skills?

No ! – knowledge and skills are necessary but not enough! Employees need to have the right attitude and bring in and demonstrate appropriate behaviors on the job. The demonstrated behavior and attitude of a competent employee rubs on other team members. Result is “the right culture” in the organization.

NiMble helps organizations build their specific Competency Dictionary based on the type of work being done in the organization. We observe the behaviors of the leadership team and key managers and compare it with what should they really have! One to one discussions with the employees help employees understand where they have opportunities to develop their skills and build the right competency. Awareness of competency gaps helps develop measure to bridge them!

A Competency Driven Organization (CDO) is always watching the competency gap and uses it’s knowledge of competencies right from the recruitment onwards. It develops a Competency Framework to determine training needs, promote employees when they are ready for the higher position, reward them for not only doing the job right but also for improving their competency to take-on higher responsibilities within the organization. Watching competency development of employees also helps to chart out the employee careers. The system becomes transparent and employees feel motivated to contribute.

What more do you need - if you have competent and motivated employees around you!

Contact me (vkm@nimble.in) or Pawan at (pawan@nimble.in) if you like NiMble to establish a Competency Framework and change yourself to a Competency Driven Organization (CDO).

VK – Feb 11, 2010