Example: Global Competency Framework

Client: McDonald's


Business Problem

The global corporation lacked a common framework for addressing leadership capabilities during discussions of recruitment, hiring, promotion and succession planning. This led to inconsistent personnel-related decisions across the organization.

Solution

An international study of global competencies was conducted through detailed job-task interviews with job incumbents, followed up with content analyses of interview transcripts. A global model was drafted and refined through successive large-group work sessions. Departmental models were drafted in a similar fashion.

Results

The competency models then served as frameworks for other performance system components, including:

  • Succession planning for executives
  • Selection of new employees
  • Performance evaluation of all employees
  • Employee training in identified competencies