Y2 Consulting Psychologists Leadership Competency Model
Competency is defined as: "A cluster of related knowledge, skills, and attitudes that affects a major part of one's job (a role or responsibility), that correlates with performance on the job, that can be measured against well-accepted standards, and that can be improved via training and development." (Training Magazine: July, 1996).
Competency models, like Y2CP's, are helping government and corporate clients take a more integrated approach in designing improvements to human resource management, including career counselling/management, training and development, succession planning, teambuilding, performance improvements, workplace assessment/job redesign, and selection/on-boarding.
Below are the main dimensions of Y2CP's model. Consult our experts for more detailed information about our competency model and how we can be of assistance to you.
Strategic Thinking: Uses understating of broad issues, trends and organizational direction to anticipate emerging opportunities and threats; adopts a comprehensive perspective in addressing current, emerging and long-term issues.
Analytical Thinking: Analyzes problems and situations, identifying key issues and drawing accurate conclusions and viable solutions.
Judgment: Reaches sounds decisions on possible solutions and courses of action.
Creativity: Identifies innovative solutions to problems and situations.
Organizational Know-how: Use knowledge of own and others' organizational workings (e.g., culture, key players, conflicting demands) to achieve results.
Action Management: Delivers successful and cost-effective results through planning, directing, organizing, monitoring and evaluating activities, processes and systems.
People Management: Ensures that people have the support and tools they need and that the workforce as a whole has the capacity and diversity to meet current and longer-term organizational objectives.
Financial Management: Plans and manages financial resources and assets to optimally advance organizational objectives, while fulfilling organizational obligations for rigorous financial management.
Client Service: Focuses efforts on meeting and, where possible, exceeding client expectations.
Risk Management: Identifies, evaluates and manages risks while working towards organizational goals.
Change Management: Champions and manages change, facilitating transition by the people and organizational systems involved.
Partnering: Cultivates and sustains partnerships that advance organizational goals.
Managing Diversity: Creates a workplace where diversity is valued and capitalized on.
Communication: Listens actively, communicates clearly, and tailors communication to the intended audience, situation and purpose.
Interpersonal Relations: Advances the work of the organization by interacting with others in ways that develop mutual understanding and productive working relationships.
Teamwork: Contributes actively and fully, and works collaboratively with others to reach organizational goals.
Team Leadership: Coordinates the team's efforts, providing direction and guidance while empowering and inspiring team members to achieve results.
Influencing: Gains others' agreement, support, and commitment to further the goals of the organization.
Values and Ethics: Demonstrates professional, ethical, and people values.
Adaptability: Effectively adapts to changing conditions, uncertainty and diverse people.
Resilience: Remains effective and productive in the face of stress.
Initiative: Seizes opportunities to originate action and surmount obstacles to achieve organizational goals.
Self-awareness: Engages in productive self-reflection and seeks feedback and learning opportunities to better understand personal limits, capitalize on strengths, and address developmental needs.
Self-confidence: Demonstrates realistic belief in own ideas and talents.
Y2 Consulting Psychologists Leadership Competency Model
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