What is competency management?
Competency management means recognizing, utilizing and developing the competencies of employees. The goal of competency management is for employees to grow and develop so that they can do their jobs better and the organization's goals can be achieved. In doing so, competency management is not only about the knowledge and skills employees acquire through training, education and experience, but also about behavior, motivation and personality. Someone with knowledge of computers, for example, is not always a good computer salesperson. To be a salesperson, you must also have other competencies such as social skills and persuasiveness, for example.
Why competency management?
The power of competency management lies in the link between the goals of the organization and the teams and employees within that organization. If you have a clear idea of what competencies you need to achieve your business goals, you can take them into account when hiring and training staff. In addition, by looking at qualities of employees, you can put together the right teams and ensure that the right employee is in the right place.
How do you get started with competency management?
From competency profiles to talent development! For years, many organizations have focused on training employee skills. In the process, each position was given a competency profile that stated what competencies were needed to perform a particular job. It was weeks to months of work to write these competency profiles, and as soon as they were finished, new competencies were already needed. In addition, it was checked whether you had all the competencies in that profile. If not? Then you did not qualify for that position. To link this to the example of the computer freak above. This person would be judged as a computer salesman because he may not have met the competency "communication ability" even though his heart was in this position. Competency profiles are now a thing of the past in more and more organizations and what has replaced them is talent development . It is a way to keep innovating in this rapidly changing world. This gives you more satisfied employees and higher returns.
How can software help you with competency management?
With competency management, it is of course also important to be able to continue to develop competencies. With an online tool like Treams you structure the entire growth and development process of an employee. In our platform an employee can indicate what his/her desired growth step is and which competencies are needed to get there. In addition, as a manager you know with one click of a button which talents and competencies your team has.