Purdue’s Leadership & Professional Development Competencies were established to provide a cross-discipline model of leadership development for all Boilermakers. The 20 competencies were established ...

Effective leaders require competency in core skills. Expertise in core competencies associated with leadership roles typically enable a person to lead others, develop ...

Leadership development does not require an MBA or a six-month sabbatical. Self-Assessment: Before you can grow, you need to know where you stand.

When Hewlett-Packard merged with Compaq, one of the most challenging elements was integrating their two unique corporate cultures. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported in 2001, an HP executive told ...

PLC frames its curriculum in terms of broad competencies that are the keystones to our leadership education because they cut across every profession, academic discipline, and human endeavor where ...

Healthcare leadership is not for the faint of heart. For starters, the profession is changing — and rapidly. Where specialists were once prized, generalists are now key players, and everyone is more ...

Even before Covid-19, many businesses were operating in a world of continual change. Faced with the need to constantly adapt and future-proof themselves against increasing digitally-based disruption, ...

Educators are very familiar with “soft skills,” or those that are peripheral to the core curriculum—nice additions if you have the time. Associating “soft” with a skill often means it is often ...

Professional pedigree, academic credentials, references and experience are among the factors that play a role when it comes to hiring. But in leadership roles, hiring based on skills is becoming an ...

“Competency systems can produce more equity, but only if we’re really intentional about making equity a goal. Unless we drive more time and support to students that need it, a competency system could ...