Starting and running a business requires several skills and competencies. While some people are born with these entrepreneurial abilities, others hone them through years of work. As a small-business ...

A workplace competency is a description of a required skill, attribute or behavior for a specific job used to define and measure an individual's effectiveness. Competencies are arranged into a ...

In my time at McKinsey, one of the associate partners once said, “Our client may have the knowledge, but we have the skill — specifically, the problem-solving skill — to overcome the knowledge barrier ...

For any organization, its core competencies refer to the capabilities, knowledge, skills and resources that constitute its defining strengths. Core competencies distinguish a company from other ...

“GPAs are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless,” said Laszlo Bock, former head of HR at Google. “Google famously used to ask everyone for a transcript and GPAs and test ...

In the last column I argued that the five most important qualities of a public sector director are qualities that cannot be taught. Independence of mind. Curiosity. Courage. Public-interest instinct.