Taking an organization from one point to another is never simple. Competency and performance models can be inspirational, they can create alignment--AND they can provide crucial feedback and quantitative measures of success. 

Today they are crucial in arenas such as talent management, strategic employee selection, performance management, recognition, and leadership development. 

In February we will hear stories and share cases from people who design competency models and put them to work in top area organizations.   We will hear how models are created, what makes a model work, and how to use them in various situations. 

Come to hear their experience, to share your own stories, and to gain new insights you can apply in your own organizations. 

Our Panel:

Kevin Brady is Vice President of OD for Advocate health Care, a fast growing integrated health care system of over 23,000 associates, 3500 physicians and 200 sites.  "Early on", says Kevin, "we decided that the biggest benefit would be to create themes that run through all of our systems as a force for unity."  Kevin will share the idea of "MVP" as Advocate's unifying principle; including development of behavioral expectations, benefits, limitations, and the need to go beyond:  taking conceptual values to a deeper level.

Lori Muehling, of Motorola's Organization and Leadership Effectiveness Group,  is deeply involved in strategic approaches to mid and upper level management development at the corporate and business levels.   Motorola's Leadership Supply Chain strategy, set within a model of "Envision", "Energize", "Execute", "Ethics" and "Edge" is a comprehensive approach including quantitative support, online tools, links to rewards and more; and is part of Motorola's aggressive approach to, among other goals "making Motorola a magnet for leadership talent." 

Bob Roberts, recently Director of Management Development and The Center For Corporate Training for McDonald's Corporation, will share insights from McDonald's work with performance models including the idea that "the more simple you make it, the more likely it is that people will use it." Bob's OD career began as a teaching assistant to Stephen Covey and includes being a team manager for Procter and Gamble, running management development workshops for American Hospital Supply with Block/Petrella/Weisboard and starting the management development function at the Chicago Tribune and McDonald's.