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Avaliable Categories:
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Adapatability
Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major
changes in work tasks or the work environment;
adjusting effectively to work within new work
structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
Aligning Performance for Success
Focusing and guiding others in accomplishing work
objectives.
Building a Successful Team
Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal
style to help build a cohesive team; facilitating the
completion of team goals.
Building Strategic Working
Relationships
Developing and using collaborative relationships to
facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
Building Trust
Interacting with others in a way that gives them
confidence in one's intentions and those of the
organization.
Coaching
Providing timely guidance and feedback to help others
strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to
accomplish a task or solve a problem.
Continuous Learning
Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly
creating and taking advantage of learning
opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill
on the job and learning through their application.
Customer Focus
Making customers and their needs a primary focus of
one's actions; developing and sustaining productive
customer relationships.
Decision Making
Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and
opportunities; comparing data from different sources to
draw conclusions; using effective approaches for
choosing a course of action or developing appropriate
solutions; taking action that is consistent
Delegating Responsibility
Allocating decision-making authority and/or task
responsibility to appropriate others to maximize the
organization's and individuals' effectiveness.
Facilitating Change
Encouraging others to seek opportunities for different
and innovative approaches to addressing problems and
opportunities; facilitating the implementation and
acceptance of change within the workplace.
Gaining Commitment
Using appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques
to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifying one's
own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations, and
individuals involved.
Information Monitoring
Setting up ongoing procedures to collect and review
information needed to manage an organization or ongoing
activities within it.
Initiating Action
Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking
action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being
proactive.
Innovation
Generating innovative solutions in work situations;
trying different and novel ways to deal with work
problems and opportunities.
Leading Through Vision and Values
Keeping the organization's vision and values at the
forefront of associate decision making and action.
Managing Conflict
Dealing effectively with others in an antagonistic
situation; using appropriate interpersonal styles and
methods to reduce tension or conflict between two or
more people.
Meeting Leadership
Ensuring that a meeting serves its business objectives
while using appropriate interpersonal styles and
methods and considering the needs and potential
contributions of others.
Planning and Organizing
Establishing courses of action for self and others to
ensure that work is completed efficiently.
Risk Taking
Initiating action that tries to achieve a recognized
benefit or advantage when potential negative
consequences are understood.
Strategic Decision Making
Obtaining information and identifying key issues and
relationships relevant to a long-range goal or vision;
committing to a course of action to accomplish a
long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives
based on logical assumptions, facts, available
resources, constraints, and organizational values.
Stress Tolerance
Maintaining stable performance under pressure or
opposition (such as time pressure or job ambiguity);
handling stress in a manner that is acceptable to
others and to the organization.
Technical / Professional
Knowledge
Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical and
professional skill or knowledge in position-related
areas; keeping up with current developments and trends
in areas of expertise.
Work Standards
Setting high standards of performance for self and
others; assuming responsibility and accountability for
successfully completing assignments or tasks;
self-imposing standards of excellence rather than
having standards imposed.
