Competencies are an integral part of an organization’s talent management system, however far too often they are developed as a stand-alone tool. When this occurs, competencies fail to become ingrained in the organization’s talent management culture. This session will discuss the various types of competency models and several ways that organizations can integrate competencies into their human capital processes.
 

Erica L. Hartman-Spencer, Ph.D.

Erica Hartman-Spencer is an associate director at APTMetrics, Inc., where she provides services in the areas of organizational surveys, job analysis, selection, performance management, and multi-source feedback. Dr. Hartman-Spencer has experience providing effective solutions for organizational and personnel issues in a variety of industries, including healthcare, transportation (airline industry), public safety, higher education, banking, pharmaceuticals, sales and manufacturing.

Prior to joining APTMetrics, she was a leadership development consultant at Advocate Christ Medical Center where she focused on survey design and interpretation, leadership assessment and development, turnover and retention, training design and evaluation and employee selection. Erica also worked for a human resources consulting firm where she worked with public safety agencies on job analysis, test development, assessment centers, physical ability tests, test validation and research and development. Dr. Hartman-Spencer also served as an affiliate professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, where she developed and taught coursework in coaching, organizational surveys, organizational attitudes, and psychometrics.

Erica received her master’s degree and Ph.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Industrial-Organizational psychology. In addition to her formal academic training, she has various publications including book chapters that have been published in The Future of Leadership Development, The Encyclopedia of Leadership series, and, most recently, a chapter entitled “Laying the Foundation: Creating a Sustainable Culture and Shift in Business Paradigms,” included in the Practical Sustainability textbook.

Dr. Hartman-Spencer has presented research papers on leadership and career development, job analysis, and competency modeling at both the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) conference and the Gallup Leadership conference. Erica is a member of American Psychological Association and SIOP, and has served as the vice president and treasurer of the Chicago Industrial Organizational Psychologists.

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