WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor has released a competency model for the long-term care industry that officials hope will solve long-standing issues of low wages and a high staff turnover rate.

The Office of Personnel Management announced Thursday that it has completed a multi-year effort to update a government-wide list of common skills needed for federal workers to succeed in an array of ...

Every epoch requires people and organizations to develop core competencies or skills needed to be successful. In the time of Henry VIII (yes, I am watching The Tudors), key competencies to master ...

A few weeks ago we were asked to analyze a competency model that had been created by a client. The assumption of their model was that as leaders move up to higher levels in the organization, some ...

As healthcare focuses on the path to value, an emphasis is often placed on innovation, infrastructure and technology. While those strategies are essential to advance healthcare, workforce development— ...

Record and present pertinent patient data, including interpretive recommendations as part of a healthcare team. Demonstrate effective communication skills to be able to provide complete, concise and ...

The rapidly changing landscape of computing, information, and communications technologies have catapulted us into the computing revolution and era of big data. Currently, multiple, disconnected ...

Emergency Management (EM) Practitioners and Academicians have been investigating key elements to professionalize and standardize the EM career field for over twenty years. This paper presents findings ...

Competency-based interview questions ask candidates to share an example from their past experience that illustrates a specific competency required for the job. The best answers are specific and ...

Editor’s intro: How can school systems create practices that develop and strengthen students’ 21st-century competencies? That is what a cohort of systems in Asia Society’s Global Cities Education ...

Increased focus on improving quality of care, lowering costs and enhancing the patient experience has led to a “new era” in care delivery and greater collaboration among care providers, according to a ...

Much of the conversation on effective governance looks at what boards do as a group, and that’s all to the good. The best boards are those in which the sum adds up to more than the individual parts.