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Competency Frameworks

Capability and talent decisions become inconsistent when the organisation lacks a shared, practical definition of effective performance in critical roles.

Business context

The priority behind the engagement.

Capability and talent decisions become inconsistent when the organisation lacks a shared, practical definition of effective performance in critical roles.

Overview

How the work comes together.

SPS develops competency frameworks that clarify the behaviours and capabilities required for roles, levels or workforce groups.

Frameworks are designed for practical use across development, performance, assessment and talent decisions, with language grounded in the organisation’s context.

Who it is for

The leaders this supports.

For HR, L&D and business leaders seeking consistent capability expectations across recruitment, development, performance or succession.

Diagnostic approach

Build clarity before action.

Discovery reviews strategy, role families, critical work, current frameworks, stakeholder expectations and the decisions the competencies must support.

Methodology

A practical delivery framework.

SPS identifies the decisions the framework must enable, develops evidence-based content with subject-matter input, tests usability and supports application across selected people processes.

Scope & deliverables

Framework design principles

Role or level architecture

Competency definitions and indicators

Proficiency guidance

Application tools

Implementation and governance plan

Outcomes & measurement

Define progress. Measure what matters.

Business outcome

Clearer capability expectations

Employees and managers understand what effective performance requires.

Business outcome

More consistent people decisions

Assessment and development use a shared evidence base.

Business outcome

Better capability planning

Priority gaps can be identified against defined requirements.

Success measure

Framework coverage

Tracks completion for agreed roles or populations.

Success measure

User understanding

Assesses clarity and usability with intended audiences.

Success measure

Process adoption

Tracks use across selected people processes.

SPS agrees the baseline, evidence sources, targets and review cadence with the client. Progress is assessed through approved implementation evidence, stakeholder feedback and available workforce or operating measures.

Workforce alignment

Workforce pillars

  • Workforce Capability
  • Workforce Performance
  • Workforce Acquisition

Primary buyer

CHRO

Other relevant buyers: L&D, HR, Business Head

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