Competitive Advantage
Services offered:
- Competency Development & Deployment
- Leadership/Top Talent Assessment, Coaching & Development
- Organizational Flexibility
Competency Development & Deployment
Competencies are the hub of the wheel of an integrated Talent Management System. Once fully deployed, competencies are the core of a “Best-in-Class” organization.
Competencies allow an enterprise to define the expectations of “How” and “What” the expectations are of all associates in the organization.
If done correctly, competencies allow an organization to become an “Employer of Choice” attracting the best global talent. Competency Modeling & Deployment defines the culture, leadership and associate behavior, and the key capabilities needed to be successful.
Leadership/Top Talent Assessment, Coaching & Development
Behaviors are the number one de-railer of executives and hi-potential talent. Coaching, is the most effective on-the-job development tool to keep your most valuable asset with the organization. We offer a three-fold approach that includes:
- Assessing the specific or potential de-railers.
- Creating a development plan focused on the identified items that will make the most difference whether they are strengths to overcompensate for deficiencies or strengthening behaviors that need development.
- Coaching or “working the development plan” by observing, providing just-in-time feedback, a mid-course correction feedback update and action plan.
The principles of Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence and Moral Intelligence provides the foundations of our coaching philosophy. These collective elements create an effective leadership model. WH Professional Services, LLC. uses these elements in how it approaches the assessment of individuals, creates the development and action plan(s) and most importantly provides feedback to the individual.
Methodology
Assessment
- Clarify outcomes with key stakeholders
- Contract with associate
- Conduct in-person 360° evaluation with key stakeholders
- Utilize existing functional competencies and business objectives as assessment measures
- Provide feedback and develop action plan
Operationalize Development Plan
- One-hour status calls
- 2 times a week
- Purpose: Check on milestones, coach, and debrief what went well and what could have been more effective.
- 2 times a week
- Debrief what went well and could have been more effective.
- Onsite action learning sessions
- Mid-point check-in with 360° stakeholders on progress made. Make any mid-course corrections if needed.
- Consultation hours (in person or via telephone)
Note: Initial assessment or mid-year assessment can also be conducted via survey.
Organizational Flexibility
Because of the increasingly fast pace of change the way in which we tackled how the organization reacted and adapted is obsolete. To survive and make change a competitive advantage your organization needs to be flexible and adaptive. By making this transformational change in how the culture of your organization and workforce moves beyond linear change management to use the external environment as the way it operates, this can be a powerful tool to your success. Is your human resources organization prepared and well-equipped to implement and support this radical new approach to harvesting the energy that change brings to support your business strategy?
