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New Work as an Opportunity for Performance Excellence

In: New Work, Transformational and Virtual Leadership

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  • Marc Helmold

    (IUBH International University)

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Competencies are a set of integrated knowledge, abilities and attributes that translate into behaviours and help define, in greater detail, what is needed to successfully perform the job. Competencies are not skills, although they are similar. Skills are learned, while competencies are inherent qualities an individual possesses, combining skills, knowledge and the ability. The term competency has two main meanings of the term have been identified, one referring to the outputs, or results of training—that is, competent performance. The other definition referring to the inputs, or underlying attributes, required of a person to achieve competent performance. Each definition has been used to describe both individual and organizational competencies (Hoffmann, 1999). The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) (NACE, 2020) recently released a fact sheet defining seven core competencies that form career readiness:

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  • Marc Helmold, 2021. "New Work as an Opportunity for Performance Excellence," Management for Professionals, in: New Work, Transformational and Virtual Leadership, edition 1, chapter 2, pages 19-30, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mgmchp:978-3-030-63315-8_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63315-8_2
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