The UK is likely to follow the US example of minimum levels of technical competency for prospective legal suppliers, and certification could even be an SRA requirement, says Damian Blackburn A couple ...

Law schools and regulators are beginning to accept that lawyers need much better training and knowledge in how to use technology. As technology is increasingly used within law practices to streamline ...

The safety profession is advancing rapidly. Concepts such as human and organizational performance, serious injury and fatality prevention and psychological safety are increasingly shaping how ...

Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) have been urged to develop technical competencies and partnerships so as to survive the current economic challenges. Doing this will also allow MSMEs ...

When organizations’ hire, develop, and promote leaders using a competency-based model, they’re unwittingly incubating failure. Nothing fractures corporate culture faster, and eviscerates talent ...

Competency models articulate the measurable combination of skills, knowledge, abilities and behaviours required for effective job performance and organisational success. Originating in the late ...

Great leadership blazes a way for others to shine. Ruslan Grechka/Shutterstock In early 2014, President Obama accepted the resignation of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki. A retired ...

The Office of Personnel Management last week announced that it would conduct a new survey of federal agencies to determine what skills are needed for jobs throughout the federal government, an effort ...

A workplace competency is a description of a required skill, attribute or behavior for a specific job used to define and measure an individual's effectiveness. Competencies are arranged into a ...