Why Assess and Close Competency Gaps?

Measuring the competencies of your employees is no longer just a “nice-to-have.”

Identifying competency gaps and addressing them effectively is an integral part of today’s successful business organizations and talent management strategies. Understanding what competencies are needed allows business leaders to hire the right people, put them in the right jobs and encourage their best performance. This is what many companies mean when they claim that their people ARE their competitive edge.

Training needs assessment services experts elaborate:

• As an executive, by selecting the value-based competencies and behaviors you want in your organization, you can create the company and high performance culture you want.
• Leaders will be able to measure themselves against the leadership competencies deemed most important for success at their level.
• Individual employees will have a list of competencies that relate to their particular role or function within the organization.

The goal is for competency needs assessments to define where the gaps exist and allow the targeted development of skills/behaviors so that an organization can continuously monitor and improve their talent pool.