What is Competency Mapping? Competency is a specific, identifiable, definable and measurable knowledge, ability, skill and/or attitude, physical ability required to perform any given task. Identifying competencies is the basis for HR planning. It provides the framework for individual training and ...

When six females filed a class action discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart in 2004, they were not just looking out for their own interests; they were in fact standing up for 1.6 million other women who worked for – and were allegedly treated unfairly by – Wal-Mart after December 26, 1...

Coaching and Mentoring "Behind every successful person, there is one elementary truth. Somewhere, some way, someone cared about their growth and development." Both coaching and mentoring are proving to be powerful aids to personal and organizational ...

Leadership vs. Management with a focus on Influencing Confusing leadership and management and treating the words as if they were synonymous have a long and illustrious history in leadership studies. The practice is pervasive in the mainstream literature of leadership. It is pervasive in all aca...