Understanding Competencies: What Skills Differentiate Senior, Middle, and Junior Managers?

Abhilasha Purohit
Can anyone help me with the difference between the competencies required for a Senior Manager, Middle-level Manager, and Junior Manager? I need a list of competencies for all three levels.
Dinesh Divekar
Dear Abhilasha Purohit,

What is the nature of your industry? Are you referring to behavioral competencies or technical competencies? Since this is an HR forum, let me write about behavioral competencies.

Understanding Competencies Across Management Levels

Competencies cannot have a clear demarcation between junior, middle, and senior-level managers. Roughly, it can be said that middle-level managers need to have the competencies of junior-level managers and something extra. The corresponding requirement for senior-level managers is the competencies for middle-level managers plus something extra.

Levels of Competency

The possession of a competency cannot be described in two words: yes or no. This is because every competency has various levels. In general, these are:

Level 1: Awareness
Level 2: Basic
Level 3: Proficient
Level 4: Advanced
Level 5: Expert

So, for junior, middle, and senior-level managers, one needs to be clear about the level of competency they possess.

Competency Mapping

Competency mapping is an exhaustive exercise. It requires an expert's advice. Therefore, it will be too difficult to provide you with information on the public forum. For further details, feel free to contact me.

Thanks,

Dinesh Divekar
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