| Competency | Description | Competency Characteristics from the Literature |
| Integrative thinker | Absorbs and integrates complex and contrasting information from diverse sources as a preferred problem-solving strategy. | Integrative thinking; absorptive capacity; thinking divergently about new ways of doing things; handling eve-increasing cognitive complexity; quick learner. |
| Strategic visionary | Creates a sense of purpose for the future; vividly describes their vision and provides direction for how to get there. | Future-orientation; display excellent strategic vision; vividly describes their vision of the future and how to get there; visionary; provide vision and direction; growth orientation; conceptualising possibilities in a virtual world; strategic perspective; strategic planning. |
| Adaptable & flexible | Resilient and adaptable to change; thrives in a complex and uncertain environment. | Behavioural complexity; capacity to change; has the flexibility to change opinions; adapting to constantly; shifting power and influence; tolerating environment of risk and ambiguity; showing resilience in the face of constant change; change management |
| Innovator | Confidently drives change; is open to new ideas and approaches; fosters a creative and participative environment. | Is open to new ideas and approaches show openness to new ideas and foster organisational learning; inventing (enabling and empowering others to create new processing/ideas to help move org forward) drive change and innovation; being brave in challenging how things are being done; having the confidence to take the lead in driving change |
| Empowers others | Fosters a learning culture; motivates others to challenge themselves and take ownership; provides safety for trial and error. | Empower others to self-organise (allow others to make mistakes and empower them to make decisions); provides goals and objectives with loose guidelines/direction; provides safety for trial and error; sets growth goals/motivate others to stretch themselves; participative; empower others in organization; transformational leadership; investing huge amounts of energy into getting things right, try, fail, try again; participative management |
| Talent-builder | Priotizes people and their development; capitalizes on individual talent and drives a high performance culture. | Helps me grow into a next-generation leader; exploits and maintains core competencies (resources and capabilities)/knowledge management; developed and mobilization of human capital (knowledge and skills;) build talent for competitive advantage; employee development |
| Leads with integrity | Values-driven ambassador, uncompromising in their personal moral and ethical standards. | Demonstrates strong ethics and provides a sense of safety; has high ethical and moral standards; integrity; self sacrificial |
| Fosters a culture of unity and belonging | Effective at developing team cohesion, a sense of connection and trust; successful at encouraging individuals to work together towards a common goal. | Nurtures growth; foster a sense of connection and belonging |