SOLUTION OVERVIEW

Define Leadership
Competencies that Drive
Business Strategy
Set a strong foundation for your talentsystems with an integrated competency
framework that’s aligned with yourbusiness strategy.

SOLUTION:YOUR VALUE:VALUE TO LEADERS:

DDI’s Competency Libraryand Success ProfilesSM

Optimize how you hire,develop, and promote leadersanchored on the behaviors
required to drive your businessforward. The result? Betterand faster talent decisions andenhanced bottom-line results.

Leaders understand therequirements for success andmake fair talent decisions,aligned to their team’s andorganization’s goal.

“When competencies are thefoundation of their HR processes,
91% of organizations reporttheir selection and promotion
systems are more fair and theirtraining and development ismore effective.”
DDI Job/Role Competency
Practices Survey Report

WITH SUCCESS PROFILES YOU CAN:

CreateAlignment

Easily Integrate
Talent Systems

Provide a Road Mapfor Growth

Drive Changeand Results

Connect business strategy toyour people strategy so you
can hire, promote, and develop
leaders who will drive yourcultural and strategic priorities.

Companies with integrated
talent management have
40% lower turnover and
156% greater ability to develop
great leaders.

Well-defined competencies
clearly differentiate what’srequired between leadershiplevels. You can be clear about
why candidates are chosen at
every level and what behaviors
are expected in the role.

Improve skills and drivechange with a competency
framework that’s anchoredon observable behaviors,
enhanced with the knowledge,
experience, and personal
attributes required for success.

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SOLUTION OVERVIEW

Cascading Competency Framework

SOLUTION AT A GLANCE
Aligned to Business, Differentiated by Level
We partner with you to identify your business drivers,
which are the 3-4 biggest challenges that senior leaders
see as most critical for the future success of theorganization. Then, we align competencies for eachlevel of leadership to the business drivers.
Straightforward and Familiar Language
DDI competencies are easy to understand and apply.
Each has well-defined, observable, and measurable
behaviors or key actions that spell out the “how-to’s”
so everyone knows exactly what’s required for success.
Ease of Use Across Talent Systems
Because they are clearly defined, you can easily use
Success Profiles across your HR processes and systems
to hire, promote, and develop leaders.
A Fresh Approach to Job Analysis
Build Success Profiles quickly using decks of cards,
facilitated discussion, and calibration. Through thisefficient process, you clearly link the challenges leaders
face with the competencies required for success.

Individual Contributor

Frontline Leader

Mid-level Leader

Senior-level Leader

Inspiring Others

Inspiring OthersSelling the Vision

Establishing Strategic Direction

Collaboration

Building Partnerships

Cultivating Networks & Partnerships

Cultivating Networks & Partnerships

Work Standards

Execution

Driving Execution

Driving Execution

Adaptability

Facilitating Change

Facilitating Change

Leading Change

Decision Making

Decision Making

Operational Decision Making

Strategic Decision Making

Building Customer Loyalty

Customer Focus

Customer Focus

Customer Focus

A Holistic View of Success
WHAT PEOPLE

WHAT PEOPLEKNOWCAN DO

Knowledge

Technical and/or professional
information needed to perform
job activities successfullyCompetencies

SuccessProfiles

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WHAT PEOPLEHAVE DONE

Educational and work
achievements needed toperform job activities
successfullyExperience

Personal
Attributes

A cluster of behaviors
performed on a job

WHO PEOPLE

ARE

Personal dispositions andmotivations that relate tojob satisfaction, job successor failure©Development Dimensions International, Inc., 2014. All rights reserved.

HOW IT WORKS
Option 1:

Option 2:

License DDI’s Competency Library:
Get access to our robust library ofcompetencies and business drivers witha 3-year license. You can also choose
to include our library of development
guides and behavioral interview questions.
Available in many languages, including:
English, French, German, Simplified
Chinese, and Spanish.

Get Certified as a Success ProfilesSM:

Card Sort Analyst: Get certified tofacilitate Card Sort sessions to build
Success Profiles. Available as a public
or in-house 2-day workshop, in-person
or virtual. After certification, you canpurchase a 3-year license to access
DDI’s competency library.

Option 3:

Invite DDI to Define Your SuccessProfiles: Work with DDI consultants todefine role- or level-specific businessdrivers and Success Profiles, or to build
organization-wide competency frameworks.
We can also facilitate Card Sort focus
groups and conduct interviews. Inaddition, you can purchase a 3-year
license to access DDI’s competency library.

Competency Library By the Numbers• 114 competencies• 10 Job Families:
Executive, Healthcare Executive, Sales Executive, Manager, Supervisor/
First Level Leader, Sales Leader, Professional/Knowledge Worker, SalesAssociate, Patient Care, Associate/Team Member

Ready to learn more?
Visit us online: www.ddiworld.com/successprofiles
Email: info@ddiworld.com or contact your DDI representativefor next steps.

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