Streamline Training & Documentation: Organization Development Competencies

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Organization Development Competencies - All 141 of Them

Though the list is long (141 items), and anybody referring to it for self-development will want to give concentrated attention to only a subset of items at any one time, the organization development (OD) competencies published in 2001 by the Organization Development Network is useful as a comprehensive view of what is involved in serving effectively as an organization development practitioner.

The first three-quarters of the list (108 items) consists of the more technical OD competencies, organized according to the phases and aspects of an OD effort:

Marketing

Enrolling

Contracting

Mini-assessment

Data gathering

Diagnosis

Feedback

Planning

Participation

Intervention

Evaluation

Follow-up

Adoption

Separation

The final quarter of the list (33 items) covers the softer skills an OD practitioner must cultivate. These competencies fall into the areas of:

Self-awareness

Interpersonal skills

Other soft skills (e.g., "Interpret cross-cultural influences in a helpful manner" and "Use the internet effectively")

I'd point out that the division between technical and soft skills is not a sharp one. For instance, a number of the skills in the early portion of the list — e.g., "Help the client trust the process" and "Deal effectively with resistance" — require strong interpersonal finesse.

###

Labels: Competencies

<< Home