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Identifying and Using Leadership
Competencies
with
Jill Fairbairns (BA MSc C Psychol AFBPsS)
Leadership competencies: the set of skills, knowledge and personal attributes required for success in a particular role in a particular organisation culture.
This specialised area of applied research is used to identify what it takes to perform roles in an exceptional manner and the qualities that make a real performance difference.
I can either do this for you; train your people to do it, or lead a team of your people to complete the work. I will also provide advice and support about how and where to derive best value from your competency frameworks through their use in people processes in your organisation.
Applications for leadership competencies:
- Focusing leaders on what they need to know and do to deliver excellent performance
- Reviewing leadership performance - defining performance issues and coaching objectives - recording individual strengths and development needs
- Developing 360° performance feedback surveys
- Designing development centres and practical assessments
- Identifying leadership training and development needs
- Writing a leadership development programme
Stages of the work
- Use specialised interviewing techniques (repertory grid and critical incidents) to collect competency information from samples of leaders, their superiors and subordinates.
- Compare results with existing research findings on leadership competency to validate the information and to check for possible gaps.
- Produce a framework with a detailed report illustrating each competency.
- Support application of the framework.
Examples
Jill works at clients' premises, at her own offices in West London, and by telephone.
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