Our proposed new set of classified employee competencies is below, with additional descriptors beneath each competency that function as examples of what the competencies look like in action. What the committee needs now is to hear from you. As you're reviewing the competencies below, please keep the following questions in mind and use the text boxes following each competency to give us feedback.
• Do these competencies adequately capture what you would look for when describing your ideal Albemarle County employee?
• Have we missed anything?
• Are there particular traits or attributes that you would add?

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* 1. Community: working together to achieve common goals
An employee may demonstrate this competency by the following:
• Teamwork: values diversity, shares knowledge, promotes cooperative working relationships
• Customer service: focus on internal and external customers, empathy, patience, respectful of self, others, and the organization
• Communication: listening, speaking, writing, and interpersonal skills

What comments, questions, or suggestions do you have for this competency? Would you add or remove anything?

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* 2. Stewardship: technical performance
An employee may demonstrate this competency by the following:
• Job-specific skills
• Accountability: knows how to accept successes and failures
• Time and resource management
• Results-oriented
• Sense of healthy balance: understands own role/sense of appropriate perspective

What comments, questions, or suggestions do you have for this competency? Would you add or remove anything?

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* 3. Learning: development
An employee may demonstrate this competency by the following:
• Self-starter: takes initiative, proactive
• Open-minded: flexible, adaptable, curious, learns from failures
• Professional and personal development

What comments, questions, or suggestions do you have for this competency? Would you add or remove anything?

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* 4. Integrity: professionalism
An employee may demonstrate this competency by the following:
• Work ethic: reliable, self-disciplined, dependable, engaged in one’s work
• Attitude: enthusiastic, responsible, dedicated, positive, understanding of others, approachable
• Judgment: confidentiality, balanced decision-making, strives to do the right thing

What comments, questions, or suggestions do you have for this competency? Would you add or remove anything?

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* 5. Innovation/Leadership: visionary, open to change, considers possibilities
An employee may demonstrate this competency by the following:
• Empowerment: encourages others through example, coaching, and mentoring
• Problem solving: values diversity of thought, creative, process improvement
• Perseverance: takes responsible risks, creates environment where responsible risk/failure is okay
• Future oriented: thinks ahead, looks beyond team and department

What comments, questions, or suggestions do you have for this competency? Would you add or remove anything?

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* 6. Please share any additional suggestions, comments, or ideas you have regarding the draft competencies below.
• Do these competencies and their descriptors adequately capture what you would look for when describing your ideal Albemarle County employee?
• Have we missed anything?
• Are there particular traits or attributes that you would add?
Thank you again for your feedback!

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