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Polaris^® Certification Workshop

OSI will conduct a one day workshop at OSI for a limited number of certified coaches and/or HR professionals interested in the OSI Polaris^® Competency Model and its supporting applications, especially the 3600 developmental assessment on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.

What You Will Learn:

• About the competency construct, the need for competencies and the competency modeling history that led to the production of the Polaris^® Competency Card Set and supporting applications
• To understand the taxonomy and use of the Polaris^® Competency Model and individual competencies
• To understand the construction, psychometrics, and developmental use of the Polaris^® 360 Degree Survey in diagnosing leadership and management competence
• To understand, analyze, and make developmental and career recommendations based on the Polaris^® 360 Degree Feedback Report

What You Will Walk Away With

• Certification to use the Polaris^® 360 Degree Survey for developmental purposes
• Your own Polaris^® 360 Degree Feedback Report
• Polaris^® Competency Card Set
• Polaris^® Competency Development Guide
• Polaris^® Competency Continuums with supporting tools
• Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management by Bruce Griffiths and Enrique Washington
• Understanding of other Polaris applications: Competency Based Selection, Polaris^® Global Competency Model & 360, Mentor Program, Assessment Centers, On-Line Developmental Application, Executive Business Simulations, Binder with all supporting materials

Workshop Costs
$695 per participant includes a Polaris^® 360 Degree Survey, Polaris^® Competency Card Set, Polaris^® Competency Development Guide, Polaris^® Competency Continuums, Competencies at Work book, and supporting materials. The workshop will include coffee, a light pastry breakfast, and lunch.

To Register
Please contact Crystal Matsuura at OSI. Email: cmatsuura@orgsysint.com Phone: 858.455.0923

It is required that participants complete the Polaris^® 360 survey prior to the workshop. The survey process typically requires a lead time of about four weeks to ensure an adequate response rate.

Clients

I worked directly for Bruce in the early 1990′s at OSI and have continued to leverage his knowledge, expertise, and counsel to this day. Bruce combines his deep expertise in OD with a broad-based business sense that makes him extremely effective at what he does. He can help an executive team develop high level strategy, and is grounded enough to help the same executives develop the operating mechanisms to turn the strategy into results.

Mark Alders

AVERY DENNISON VP Total Rewards, HR

We’ve worked with Bruce Griffiths and OSI over the last 7 years and they’ve provided us a customized, comprehensive Competency Profile, 360 degree Feedback Survey, Competency Development Guide, and Competency-based Interviewing Questions. These tools have really helped State Auto integrate our competencies into our culture, and we use them for development, selection, coaching, succession planning and when creating job descriptions. They’ve been excellent partners!

Cathy Ellwood

STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES, Officer Org Devel & Talent Acquisition

The Polaris competency model provides for a systematic approach to managing your human capital. From recruiting, to on-boarding, to performance appraisal, to developing your people, it is an easy to use method that will positively impact the culture of your organization and allow optimization of all talent management systems.

Carl Crown

COUNTY OF ORANGE, CA, Former Director of Human Resources

I found the Polaris Competency Model by OSI to be very effective in support of hiring, training and leadership development. Best of all, it is simple to use and I haven’t found a better product that is also backed by great service.


Jeff Holmgren

TSA, Federal Security Director