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Character strengths and competencies

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Most people are deeply bored by the competency industry now reaching its senility phase. For over twenty years, HR people have sought to design competency frameworks and architecture that supposedly form a bridge between silos and the organizational DNA, and are the uniting force behind everything, from selection to training.

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© 2008 Adrian Furnham

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Furnham, A. (2008). Character strengths and competencies. In: Head & Heart Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598317_14

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