Competency Framework Development | Adaptable Consultancy
  1. Home
  2. Solutions
  3. Corporate Solutions
  4. Competency Framework Development
Corporate Solution

Competency Framework Development

Create a shared language for the skills, knowledge and behaviours that enable success—without turning the framework into a static document.

CustomisedBuilt around your context and audience
ExperientialPractice, reflection and real application
150+ yearsCombined practitioner expertise
AlignmentRoles · Behaviours · Growth
Understand the role
Define behaviour
Set proficiency
Activate in talent

Designed around the change that matters.

A competency framework becomes valuable when people can understand it, observe it and use it in real talent decisions.

We develop competency frameworks that reflect organisational strategy, role reality and the culture the business wants to strengthen. Clear definitions and behavioural indicators make expectations easier to discuss across levels and functions.

The work can include enterprise, leadership, functional or role-specific competencies and proficiency levels. We also help connect the framework to recruitment, development, performance conversations, assessment and career pathways so it becomes part of how talent is managed.

What stronger capability can make possible.

Exact measures are agreed for each engagement. These are the practical shifts the solution is designed to support.

01

Clear expectations

Role holders and managers have a practical language for what effective performance looks like.

02

Better talent decisions

Recruitment, assessment and performance conversations draw on more consistent evidence.

03

Targeted development

Learning priorities can be linked to specific capability and proficiency needs.

04

Stronger governance

Ownership and review processes keep the framework relevant as work evolves.

The themes we can shape around your context.

These are building blocks, not a fixed syllabus. We select, combine and adapt them after understanding the audience and need.

01

Role and strategy discovery

Understand critical work, future capability and the organisation’s strategic direction.

02

Competency architecture

Determine the right mix of enterprise, leadership, functional and technical competencies.

03

Behavioural indicators

Describe observable behaviour in clear language that avoids labels and ambiguity.

04

Proficiency levels

Differentiate expectations meaningfully across scope, complexity and career stage.

05

Stakeholder validation

Test relevance and usability with leaders, role holders and people-process owners.

06

Talent-process integration

Connect the framework to hiring, performance, development, assessment and mobility.

A journey built for application.

Every engagement is customised. This five-part rhythm keeps the work anchored in context, active participation and sustained change.

01

Discover roles

Review strategy, role purpose, critical work and the behaviours associated with strong performance.

02

Define competencies

Create clear, relevant competency language and practical behavioural indicators.

03

Set proficiency

Differentiate expectations by role level or career stage without unnecessary complexity.

04

Validate and activate

Test the framework with stakeholders and connect it to real people processes.

05

Govern and refresh

Establish ownership, review cycles and guidance so the framework remains useful over time.

The right format for the right need.

The final blend depends on the audience, context, timeline and desired outcome. Interventions can stand alone or connect into a wider journey.

Discovery workshops

Stakeholder sessions that clarify the problem, context and desired future state.

Co-design sprints

Focused working sessions to create practical frameworks, tools or solutions together.

Facilitated validation

Structured review with role holders, leaders and process owners before activation.

Implementation enablement

Communication, guidance and learning that help a new solution become usable.

Common audiences

We adapt language, examples and practice to the people in the room.

  • HR and talent teams
  • Business and functional leaders
  • Learning and development teams
  • Role and process owners
Get in touch

Let’s design what your people need next.

Tell us about the audience, challenge or outcome you have in mind. We are available seven days a week and aim to respond within 24 hours.

Share your requirement

Tell us a little about your audience, need and preferred timeline. We will prepare the details for your email application.

Your details remain in your browser and are passed only to the email application you choose to open.

Your email application is being prepared.