Competency Assurance & Safe Operations
As we listened in on the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) session, Perspectives from the Field, the message was clear. What keeps frontline rig managers up at night? The safety and competence of their workforce. Competency assurance is essential to safe, effective operations. What is competency assurance? Competency assurance at its most basic level […]
Top Engineering Skills & Competencies
Why do you need an engineering skills framework? The engineering industry is vast and complex with a variety of different roles and job functions. Even within the same organization, engineers can hold positions in electrical, mechanical, software, or chemical engineering, just to name a few. The top engineering skills needed can vary significantly, but there […]
What are QSEN Competencies in Nursing?
What are the QSEN competencies? The six QSEN competencies were created to help prepare and equip nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide quality and safe care in the health systems in which they work. Incorporating specific QSEN competency statements delivers needed standardization across nursing education, licensing, and certification programs. Why are QSEN competencies […]
Kahuna Collaborates with Wolters Kluwer
Kahuna collaborates with Wolters Kluwer to enrich nursing competency testing and development. Houston, TX – April 12, 2022 – Kahuna Workforce Solutions announced it is working with Wolters Kluwer to combine Kahuna’s modern competency management platform with Lippincott Solutions® evidence-based clinical-information solutions. Together, the two resources will help health systems provide a rich learning and competency […]
Employee Skills: Metrics That Matter
Employee skills — metrics that matter — or do they matter? All industries have experienced change over the last year and a half. Leaders have narrowed their focus on the survival and stability of their organizations. Looking to the future, they’ll need to concentrate on steps to safely emerge into the “new normal” of post-pandemic […]
What is Skills Management Software?
The success of your organization is largely dependent on the skills, abilities, and knowledge of your workforce. As you navigate changes in technology, working environments, and business goals, it’s critical to keep employee skills and competencies top of mind. Top leaders around the globe are leveraging competency and skills management software and verified skills data […]
Kahuna 2020 Year In Review
I would love to pretend as if 2020 was any other year but we all know that isn’t the case. Rather than focus on the challenges we all faced, I would like to highlight why 2020 was a successful year for Kahuna. By most measures, the company outperformed expectations all the while strengthening relationships with […]
Hashmap Selects Kahuna
Houston, TX, November 18, 2020, Kahuna Workforce Solutions announces Georgia based Hashmap Inc., a preferred Snowflake SI focused on accelerating outcomes and solutions in data, cloud, IoT, and AI/ML, has selected Kahuna’s SaaS skills and competency management platform to automate the assessment and development process for their team of technologists and engineers. Leveraging Kahuna allows […]
Skill and Program Infrastructure
Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | TuneIn | YouTube Welcome to session three Skill and Program Infrastructure: Foundation for Building Your Skills Competency Program. In this session, I will provide an example of how to set up an infrastructure and engagement framework for your program and for building the skills. I will present the quad model roles and responsibilities of the […]
Competency Basics
Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | TuneIn | YouTube Suggest a Topic Welcome to Competency Basics. This is the first session of You’ve Been Tasked With Doing Competencies. Now what? In this session, we will talk about some of the best practices as you begin your journey with competencies. My name is Catherine Kovar and I am the Principle Advisor of […]
Using Bloom’s to Write Competency Descriptions
Learn about skills and competency management across industries Field Service Healthcare Manufacturing Energy How do you construct a competency framework? One of the first questions customers ask when beginning a competency management implementation is, “How do we categorize and construct our competency statements and library?” It’s a great question, one that touches every point of […]
Kahuna Partners with HRG
Houston, TX – August 19, 2020 – Kahuna Workforce Solutions and High Reliability Group (HRG) announce a partnership combining Kahuna’s proven SaaS platform with HRG’s organizational framework enabling organizations to create and sustain Operational Excellence. Built with compliance and workforce management in mind, Kahuna gives enterprise-wide visibility into competencies and meets organizational needs of how […]
