Strategies can be useless when competencies to birth and follow them through are lacking. What efforts are required to determine competence requirements in alignment to the aspiration of a business? How do you go about assessing those competencies?

1. Executing Competency Assessment
Presented by Femi Ojomo
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Created 10th July 2015
Understanding
Competency in
Business

2. Availability of the
right competencies is
half way to achieving
the objectives of a
business

3. Who is competent?
Being competent is within relevance and timing
Four young men have been called upon to journey to a destination where the great results would be found. They were left
with an ancient map to decipher. One of the men was great at this. He gave meaning to the map and they embarked on
their journey. The journey required that they travel through various means which will be presented to them at the different
phases of their journey.
At the start of the journey, the four young men started off on foot. They got to a point where a car will be driven through a
narrow bridge to the other side. Among the four skilled men, just one of them could drive a car. He had the comfort of the
seat in front of the wheel while only two could squeeze themselves into the seat beside him.
They drove through the narrow bridge until they came to the end of the bridge. At the end of the bridge, only a horse could
be used in traveling through the tough terrain. The horse could only take two at a time. Just one of them could ride a horse.
There was room for only one extra traveler.
Based on the interpretations of the ancient map, they will travel through water to reach their final destination. The most
suited was the young man who knew about water. The competent horse rider and the swimmer embarked on the journey
leaving the other behind.
At the bank of the river, it was obvious that the swimmer was only going to make the journey to the great result due to the
absence of a boat. The strong tides of the water was also going to prevent him from supporting his fellow traveler. He
simply jumped into the flowing tide and moved with it to the great result.

4. How is competency acquired?
On-the-job
learning
On and off-the-job learning = a competent staff
Learning strategy should be one that encourages a split of 70%-30%
Off-the-job
learning
70% 30%

5. On-the-job learning Off-the-job learning
Executing job related task and
tracking outcomes/impact
Example:
Running an automation of HR
related processes through selected
HRIS Modules
Participating in new
projects/working groups in the
organisation
Example:
Team member in reviewing the
culture of the organisation
Training courses / seminars / conferences
Pursue doctoral studies
Degree Programme
Certifications
Offline & Online research
Write Publications
Networking and discussion groups

6. Competency and organisations
Yaba SiliconValley
We need to be the No. 1 marketing
company in Nigeria
Our strategy is focused on becoming the
best online clinical support company
We must be the No.1 Customer Centric
Organisation in Nigeria
Our new strategy is to move from importation
to production while doubling our operations
I will not argue with any
customer this year
| Competencies form part of what drives the actualization of these desired states

7. Fonga is the No. 1 ecommerce business in Nigeria with
operations spanning the length and breath of the country.The
time has come to setup regional offices that are required to
drive their strategy as an independent subsidiary of the
mother company.
Fonga is expanding operations into the sub-Saharan and
Southern Africa markets within the next 8 months.This is the
current reality of Fonga.The company needs to determine its
level of preparedness from many perspectives inclusive of the
competency of its pool of workforce.
There is need for competency assessment across the
organisation.This assignment has been given to a unit in HR
to present to Management how the task will be carried out.
Case Study

8. How do you embark on CompetencyAssessment
Email: femi@femiojomo.com