Nielsen Advisors

There is no way one person can be all things to all people. This reminds me of the quote by Abraham Lincoln "You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time."

If you're expecting one person to be all things, you're probably expecting that person to be competent in many, many different areas. It won't work. The value of identifying competencies for each position is to focus on the critical (or what I call 'pivotal') aspects of the position.

So for phase two of my competencies project, here is a list of competencies, by the groups identified here. I've created this starter list from a lot of information on competencies -- there are others, or perhaps other ways of identifying them. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it on this list: what's missing, what's redundant, what's not clear?

• Business Acumen
  
  • Customer Focus
  • External Awareness
  • Financial Acumen
  • Regulatory Awareness
  • Technology Management
  • Workforce Planning
• Leading Change
  
  • Change Management
  • Innovation Culture
  • Providing Consultation
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Strategic Vision
  • Strategy Development
• Leading People
  
  • Advocating Causes
  • Coaching & Mentoring
  • Communication - Listening
  • Communication - Speaking
  • Communication - Writing
  • Conflict Management
  • Ethics & Integrity
  • Facilitating Groups
  • Influencing
  • Partnering
  • Selling
  • Tact
  • Team Building
  • Training & Presenting
• Management
  
  • Business Alignment
  • Diversity Orientation
  • Financial Management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Inquiry
  • Knowledge Management
  • Leadership
  • Office Administration
  • Organizational Savvy
  • Planning & Organizing
  • Process Management
  • Program Management
  • Staff Management
• Mechanical Aptitude
  
  • Equipment Operation
• Mental Acuity
  
  • Analysis/ Reasoning
  • Decision-Making
  • Innovation Mindset
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Problem Solving
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Researching Information
• Results Driven
  
  • Accountability
  • Achievement Orientation
  • Adaptability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Continuous Learning & Development
  • Customer Orientation
  • Decisiveness
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Initiative
  • Job Motivation
  • Negotiating
  • Planning and Control
  • Recruitment & Selection
  • Resilience
  • Safety Focus
  • Self Management