Category: People

Competency: Building and Supporting Teams

Competency Definition: The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.

Abbreviation in Louisiana Jobs: BST - 26


Building and Supporting Teams

Competency Behaviors: Specific, observable actions demonstrating the competency

Forming


Struggles to demonstrate the competency; needs guidance and practice.
  • Denies and/or shifts individual responsibility
  • Works against the best interest of the team
  • Avoids participating during team meetings and activities
  • Unaware of the skills and interests of coworkers to achieve goals
  • Struggles to share institutional knowledge, personal knowledge, and/or experience
  • Undermines the team

Improving


Shows growth and increasing confidence but not yet consistently independent

Successful


Demonstrates the competency independently and reliably in routine situations
  • Fulfills individual responsibility to the team
  • Acts in the best interest of the team
  • Participates in team meetings and group activities by sharing ideas and engaging with others
  • Recognizes the skills and interests of coworkers to achieve goals
  • Shares institutional knowledge, personal knowledge, and/or experience for use by others
  • Contributes to the team

Exceeds


Applies the competency independently in challenging or high-impact situations, adding value or insight

Exceptional


Demonstrates subject-matter expertise, serves as a role model, and elevates standards.
  • Exceeds individual responsibility to the team
  • Helps to remove barriers that hinder the team from meeting goals
  • Fosters inclusive team discussions by encouraging input from others and creating space for shared problem-solving
  • Leverages the skills and interests of coworkers to achieve goals
  • Helps to create a culture of knowledge sharing
  • Helps to build consensus across the team