Thanks to "Library of Digress" Blog for the photo
Let’s be honest. Nobody really “likes” competencies. Generally, they are hard. But necessary.
They’re like accounting codes or the Dewey Decimal System. Your organization is full of talents of all flavors and varieties, but without a way to categorize, catalog, and report back on these traits, you simply have chaos.
Gary Hamel – knowingly or unknowingly – recognized this in a recent WSJ blog post on identifying natural leaders.
Read his post, but here is a teaser:
A lot of the data you need to answer these questions is lurking in the weeds of your company’s email system, or can be found on the Web. Nevertheless, it will take some creative effort and software tweaks to ferret it out.
A few suggestions . . .
1. Establish a directory of key words corresponding to critical skills and competencies within your company, and then see who generates or receives the most emails on any particular topic.
