Strategic action competency is a key managerial skill for mid- to upper-level management. A managerial competency in general is a set of knowledge, skills and behaviors that allows a manager to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of learning, work and human development. “GPAs are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores ...

Strategic human resources management places greater importance on managing people than on performing operational tasks. The goal is to integrate human resources as a full strategic business partner ...

When the pandemic turned every bedroom, living room, and community center into a classroom, a fundamental shift occurred in what constitutes evidence of learning. No longer able to comfortably walk ...

In my time at McKinsey, one of the associate partners once said, “Our client may have the knowledge, but we have the skill — specifically, the problem-solving skill — to overcome the knowledge barrier ...

The traditional approach to formal education ties students to classrooms. Degrees are earned based on accumulated credits, a system developed in 1906 as an attempt to measure how much time a student ...

Competency-based education, proficiency-based learning, mastery-based learning, personalized learning, student-centered education, and standards-based education are all terms that refer to the same ...

Understanding cultural differences isn’t just a skill for global businesses. If your company is culturally competent, you can avoid making decisions that may hurt and alienate both your customers and ...

A photo of TCU student Wes Smith sits on the edge of Frog Fountain on the university’s campus before a vigil for Smith on Sept. 6, 2023, in Fort Worth. Smith was shot and killed in an apparently ...