Creating a Culture of Competence

A business book about leadership, leadership development, and how to improve performance. Competency, and its role in achieving peak performance, remains one of the hot issues in business today. This is importance for individual leaders, but has the most impact when the entire organization is unified to create a Culture of Competence. This book provides a bold, prescriptive approach to achieving organizational success through improved individual and group job performance and satisfaction. Dr. Zwell clearly defines the core qualities that lead to peak performance, then illustrates, step-by-step, how companies can identify and develop individual leadership, managerial, and employee competencies for maximum personal and organizational benefit.

Based on years of personal experience and research, Creating a Culture of Competence expertly combines behavioral theory with solid business practice to create positive organizational change. You'll discover how to:

• Use vision and competencies for cultural transformation
• Create competency models
• Implement competencies in selection and performance management

You'll learn what really makes an organization successful…understand how HR's role is central to building a high-performance organization…find out what technologies are being used to change corporate culture…then combine these elements to create a highly effective, competency-based organizational strategy.

Creating a Culture of Competence offers a blueprint for hiring, developing, and retaining a superior workforce. By encouraging individuals to realize their potential, then motivating them to work in concert, you can lead your organization to reach its objectives…and get superior business results.