Getting Started
Where to begin depends on where you are now. Are you looking for a framework for leadership development? Are you looking for a way to build your personal development plan? Or are you looking for a solution for an organizational need? Lominger is able to meet you wherever you are to provide research-based, experience-tested best practice applications.
How it all fits together
Lominger’s research-based LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Competencies are the foundation upon which to build your organization’s Leadership Machine. Since competencies drive the majority of job success, knowing what the key skills are and measuring them effectively make all HR systems work better—recruiting, deployment, development, performance, succession. Competencies are the universal common denominator.
Several of Lominger’s products available for online purchase can orient you with the LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Competency Library. Among these are the LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Sort Cards and the FYI For Your Improvement™ Book.
To receive a solid grounding in Lominger’s research foundation and application of the Competency Library, attend the LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® 101: Understanding Competencies Workshop.
Learning on your own
If you are interested in creating a personal development plan, Lominger’s FYI For Your Improvement™ Book provides tips and remedies for developing each of the 67 LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Competencies. Read The Leadership Machine for an understanding of how leadership development systems work.
Finding a solution
Lominger’s tools can be used individually or in tandem to implement best practice solutions. For guidance in finding the best solution, connect with the experts at Lominger Consulting.
A framework for leadership development
Lominger’s tools and resources are based on research and created for best practice application. Best practices are important for real results that don’t damage people along the way. To get the full view, Eichinger and Lombardo’s The Leadership Machine is your handbook for the development of effective leaders and managers.
Sorting out sort cards
If you have reviewed some of Lominger’s product pages, you’re well aware that we like sort cards. Why? Because they embody all things Lominger—they’re easy to use and apply, they’re versatile, and they feature research-based, experience-tested content.
Sort cards are a tangible way to organize your thoughts. By sorting the cards, you can consider a large body of content in a way that is simple and straight-forward. Some examples for how LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Sort Cards can be used include identifying differentiating competencies critical for success across different jobs and levels as well as creating job profiles and individual assessments.
LEARN MORE about LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Sort Cards.
What is a competency? And why 67?
A competency is a measurable characteristic of a person related to success at work. It can be a skill, an attribute, or an attitude. As people are complex, the characteristics that describe their behavior are many and varied. When creating the Competency Library, founders Bob Eichinger and Mike Lombardo asked two questions. The first was “Do we know people who have one of the competencies and not the other?” The second question they asked was “Would we develop these things the same way?"
When the first of these questions was answered with "yes" and/or the second of these questions was answered with "no," seemingly similar items were made separate competencies. This resulted in a Library of 67 Competencies with different behavioral descriptions as well as development tips and remedies for each.
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