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Competency Architecture

Turn abstract competenciesinto observable expectations.

“Leadership”, “collaboration” or “strategic thinking” are not measurable definitions on their own.

We analyse your strategy, roles and level expectations, translate each competency into behavioral indicators, and make the architecture usable across assessment, development and learning.

This is a consulting service — how we design the competency architecture of an organization. It is distinct from our internal assessment methodology, The Leapers Behavioral Competency Architecture™, which we cross-link below.

Architecture flow

A model that connects to real decisions

A competency model should not end as a PDF or dictionary. It becomes useful when it connects to real organizational decisions.

  1. 01Business & Strategy Context
  2. 02Roles
  3. 03Levels
  4. 04Competencies
  5. 05Behavioral Indicators
  6. 06Assessment
  7. 07Development
  8. 08Learning
Reference framework

The Leapers Reference Competency Framework

A starting architecture of 23 competencies across five domains that organizations can use as a reference point — not a mandatory model.

This is a starting architecture, not a fixed model. Organizations may use it as a reference, adapt individual competencies, add sector-specific capabilities, create role-specific sets, and define their own behavioral indicators.

  • Use the framework as a reference
  • Adapt individual competencies
  • Add sector-specific capabilities
  • Create role-specific competency sets
  • Define your own behavioral indicators
5 · 23The Leapers Reference Competency Framework

How people reason, analyse and solve problems.

  • Analytical ThinkingAnalitik Düşünme
  • Systems ThinkingSistemsel Düşünme
  • Critical ThinkingEleştirel Düşünme
  • Creative ThinkingYaratıcı Düşünme
  • Problem SolvingProblem Çözme

The reference framework is internally mapped against relevant WEF and OECD capability concepts to support comparability with wider skills language.

Mapped against, not validated by. We do not use WEF or OECD logos and do not imply certification, approval, partnership or endorsement.

Service process

How we design your architecture

  1. 01Understand

    Strategy, culture and roles that the architecture must serve.

  2. 02Map

    Role families and levels across the organization.

  3. 03Define

    The competencies that matter for each family and level.

  4. 04Operationalize

    Translate each competency into observable behaviors.

  5. 05Validate

    Test the model against organizational reality.

  6. 06Integrate

    Connect the architecture to assessment, development and learning.

FAQ

Competency architecture, answered

Make it usable

Turn your competency modelinto an architecture people can use.