What is a Leadership Competency Framework?
What is a leadership competency framework? To answer this question, let’s first define what a competency is. A competency is a characteristic, skill, attitude, or behavior which when present will …
What is a leadership competency framework? To answer this question, let’s first define what a competency is. A competency is a characteristic, skill, attitude, or behavior which when present will …
The Rising Price of Bad Leadership Bad leadership is clearly expensive. Fraud resulting from mismanagement at Wells Fargo, for example, has already cost the bank about US$300 million in fines …
Mindfulness makes for better business leaders Businesses all over North America recognize the benefits of mindfulness in the workplace. Fortune 500 firms such as Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Target, Nike, General …
Becoming Mindful Mindfulness is a way of focusing your mind and paying attention to what is happening around you and within yourself, right now. It’s a way of deliberately focusing …
The Jackson Career Explorer or the Strong Interest Inventory? JCE vs Strong When selecting a career assessment to help plan your future, you want to choose the test that will …
Rogue Learnings When most people issue a bad cheque, the worst thing that happens is that the payment bounces at the bank. “When I did it,” says Nick Leeson, “the …
Enron Explained In 1999, a 37-year-old Andrew Fastow received a CFO Magazine award for capital structure work at Enron. Back then, people inside and outside of the Houston-based company, including …
SIGMA’s online testing platforms SIGMA has a number of different online testing platforms: The infographic below contains useful information about the variety of online testing platforms that SIGMA offers. The …
The Volkswagen emissions scandal: A case study in corporate misbehavior In a recent Globe and Mail article, Tima Bansal, Michael King, and Gerard Seijts write about the recent Volkswagen emissions …
Character Development Gerard Seijts & Mary Crossan on Leadership Character is a critical element of leadership, but it does not get the attention afforded to competency. Research by Ivey Professors …