Create a Competency

Why are competencies valuable?

Competencies are an essential way to give employees a clear vision of getting to the next level in their job track and helping your team effectively customize internal training and recruit and assign staff. They are a great way to evaluate performance and identify any skill gaps more efficiently. Lattice allows you to create your own competency or use one of our pre-filled competencies from our Competency Library. 

There are two ways to create competencies within Lattice:

• Create a competency from the Competencies Auditing page
• Create a competency in a track

Create a competency from the Competencies Auditing page

1. Navigate to Admin > Grow > Competencies.
2. Click Create competency.
3. The competency modal will appear –– Add a name for your competency.
4. (Optional): Include a description of how you will measure your competency and select to add the competency to a particular draft track or all draft tracks.
5. Select Create competency.

If you decide to add the competency to track at a later time, you can do so within the track itself. 

Create a competency in a track

1. Step 1: Navigate to Admin > Grow > Tracks.
2. Select the desired draft track or create a new track. Note: If you would like to edit a published track, you will first need to unpublish the track.
3. Click on the plus (+) next to the Competencies header on the top-left corner.
4. Select Add competency.
5. Create a new competency by entering a new name. Add a description for additional detail.
6. Select Add competency.
7. (Optional): To reorder the competencies, select the gear icon in the right-hand corner and click Reorder competencies.