What competences are relevant?
Experience shows that three basic competences are needed for transition work:
- Communication skills
- Networking skills
- Persuasiveness.
Six groups
These three basic competences are covered by six groups of competences that are important for transition work (see the table). A person does not have to possess all of these competences since you will generally be working in a team.
ompetence group |
Competence |
Recognising patterns |
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Reorientation |
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Experimentation |
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Anchoring |
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Monitoring |
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Transition management |
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Connection with clusters
The six competence groups are connected as follows to the clusters in this website:
- The competence groups ‘recognising patterns' and ‘reorientation' relate to the cluster ‘Creating a vision/reorientation'
- The competence group ‘Experimenting' is important for the work that commences with ‘Producing an action plan'
- The competence groups ‘Anchoring' and ‘Monitoring' apply for the eponymous clusters
- Finally, the competence group ‘Transition management' covers an overarching group of competences relating to the art of guiding the stakeholders, which applies mainly when a programme is being implemented after the vision has been formulated.
Changing needs
The competences required can change in the course of a programme. You should therefore incorporate sufficient flexibility in the organisation of a project or a programme to allow you to switch people and competences if necessary.