Competency Frameworks, Assessment Centers & Career Architecture
A hands-on technical workshop for authoring behavioral and technical competency dictionaries, running assessment centers, and mapping career pathways.
Tripoli
Programme overview
Competency architecture is the backbone of modern talent management. Participants learn how to build behavioral and technical competency dictionaries, define proficiency scales, design Assessment Centers and Competency-Based Interviews (CBIs), and link assessments to Individual Development Plans (IDPs).
Learning Objectives
- Design core, leadership, and technical competency dictionaries with observable proficiency scales.
- Map competency profiles across job families, grades, and career ladders.
- Architect and facilitate objective Assessment and Development Centers.
- Translate assessment outputs into actionable 70-20-10 Individual Development Plans.
Target Audience
- Talent Management, OD, and Succession Planning specialists.
- Corporate Academy managers and Assessment Center leads.
Program Curriculum
- Module 1
Day 1: Enterprise Competency Framework Methodology
- Structuring Core, Leadership, and Functional/Technical competencies
- Writing observable behavioral indicators across 5 proficiency levels
- Module 2
Day 2: Job Family Mapping & Career Architecture
- Mapping target proficiency matrices to job descriptions
- Designing dual-track career pathways (Managerial vs. Technical Specialist)
- Module 3
Day 3: Assessment Centers & Competency-Based Interviews (CBI)
- Building the multi-method assessment matrix: case studies, in-tray exercises, role-plays, and psychometrics
- Mastering STAR behavioral interviewing and assessor calibration
- Module 4
Day 4: Gap Diagnostics & 70-20-10 Development Plans
- Interpreting assessment reports and delivering executive feedback
- Designing 70-20-10 IDPs tied to succession readiness