Frameworks

Our growing library is designed to help you sharpen your career focus, strengthen your leadership profile, manage your team better, and be ready for your next job search.

Self-Efficacy Theory

Self-Efficacy Theory by Albert Bandura proposes that beliefs in one’s capabilities influence motivation, performance, and resilience in facing challenges.

Self Determination Theory

Self-Determination Theory (SDT) posits that optimal human functioning and growth are driven by the fulfillment of three basic psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness.

DEAR MAN Framework

The DEAR MAN framework is a structured communication tool from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) that helps individuals assertively express their needs and set boundaries effectively while maintaining positive relationships.

RED Model

This is a critical thinking framework which name stands for Recognize assumptions, Evaluate arguments, and Draw conclusions.

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a hierarchical classification of cognitive skills ranging from lower-order thinking abilities, such as remembering and understanding, to higher-order skills like analyzing, evaluating, and creating.

IDEAL Problem Solving Method

This problem-solving framework cosists of five steps: identifying the problem, defining the context and scope, exploring possible strategies, acting on the best solution, and learning and evaluate the outcome for improvement.

Porter’s Five Forces

Porter’s Five Forces model illustrating the competitive dynamics within an industry.

Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions

A framework developed by Geert Hofstede to understand cultural differences between organizations.

Edgar Schein’s Model of Organizational Culture

This is a three-level framework that helps understand an organization’s deeper layers of culture.

Competing Values

The Competing Values Framework (CVF), developed by Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn, is a model that categorizes organizational cultures into four types based on two dimensions: flexibility vs. stability and internal vs. external focus. The four culture types identified by the CVF are Clan Culture (Collaborate), Adhocracy Culture (Create), Market Culture (Compete), and Hierarchy Culture (Control).

The Skills that Make Up Executive Presence

A model showing the skills that make up the three main elements of executive presence: gravitas, confidence, and competence.Use this model to understand the key skills and elements that make up executive presence to determine which one’s should you foster the most according to your needs.

Ethical Political Skills Model

A framework developed Ferris et al., for ethically navigating organizational politics. The model includes four key components: Social Savvy, Interpersonal Influence, Networking Ability, and Sincerity

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