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Competency
Foundation
Fundamental Competencies form the foundation for success in each of the ECQ’s.
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These fundamentals enhance Personal Effectiveness, Presentation Skills and Public Speaking, Leadership Development Planning, Trust Building and demonstrate Corporate Social Responsibility.
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The Foundational Leadership Competencies form the foundation upon which all leadership success is built. Knowledge, skill and ability in each of these six competencies are the bedrock to success as a leader.
Leading
Change
To develop and implement an organizational vision which integrates key goals, priorities, and values.
It is the ability to balance change and continuity; to continually strive to improve customer service and program performance; to encourage creative thinking, and to maintain focus, intensity and persistence, even under adversity.
Takes a long-term view and acts as a catalyst for change.
Develops new insights and applies innovative solutions.
Keeps up on key economic, political and social trends.
Adapts to new information and changing conditions.
Creates strategy consistent with business & competitive mission.
Deals effectively with pressure, and stays optimistic & persistent.
Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute.
Inspires, motivates and guides others toward goal attainment
This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
Leading
People
Takes steps to prevent situations that could result in confrontation
Manages cultural to impact organizational effectiveness
Results
Driven
This core competency stresses accountability and continuous improvement. It includes the ability to make timely and effective decisions and produce results through strategic planning and the implementation and evaluation of programs and policies.
Holds self and other accountable for rules and responsibilities.
Exercises good judgment with sound, well-informed decisions.
Readjust priorities and respond to pressing and changing demands.
Actions involving a deliberate risk to achieve a recognized benefit.
Filters relevant and irrelevant information to make decisions.
Understands procedures and requirements related to expertise.
Acumen
Business
Ensure staff is developed, utilized, appraised and rewarded.
This core competency involves the ability to acquire and administer human, financial, material, and information resources in a manner which instills public trust and accomplishes the organization’s mission, and to use new technology to enhance decision making.
Uses cost-benefit thinking to set priorities.
Uses efficient and cost-effective approache to integrate technology.
Design & React to interactions, to meet expectations.
Coalitions
Building
This core qualification involves the ability to explain, advocate, and express facts and ideas in a convincing manner, and negotiate with individuals and groups internally and externally. It also involves the ability to develop an expansive professional network with other organizations, and to identify the internal and external politics that impact the work of the organization.
Build networks & alliances; engage in cross-functional activity.
Gain cooperation to obtain information and accomplish goals.
Identify the politics that impact the work of the organization.
Appropriately interacts with those from other cultures.
