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Competency: Innovation

• Searches for opportunities and innovative ways to improve the organization.
• Implements best practices within the department.
• Encourages open communication to ensure that all proposals are considered.
• Finds creative ways to get things done with limited resources.
• Looks for opportunities to apply new and evolving technologies.
• Champions changes within the organization.
• Values diverse opinions among team members.
• Looks beyond company for new ideas and innovative approaches.
• Implements best practice methods within the Company.
• Shares innovative ideas with others.

• Creates a safe environment for idea-sharing.
• Suggests new ideas at meetings.
• Builds upon the ideas and solutions of others.
• Creates new and imaginative approaches to work-related issues.
• Generates innovative and practical ideas and approaches.
• Facilitates acceptance of new ideas.
• Seeks new ideas and adapts to changing environments.
• Is open to innovative ideas.
• Effective in bringing up new ideas.
• Improves on ideas of others.

• Creates improved methods or solutions for meeting goals and objectives.
• Solves problems with insight and understanding.
• Develops several approaches or solutions to a problem.
• Offers innovative solutions to Company problems.
• Creates innovative methods of developing business opportunities.
• Identifies fresh approaches to solving problems.
• Maximizes the alternative solutions to problems.
• Develops effective solutions for viewing problems from a different point of view.
• Creates innovative solutions to critical problems facing the Company.
• Uses unconventional approaches to solve problems.
• Generates alternative solutions to problems and challenges.
• Offers solutions to problems when talking with clients.
• Generates innovative and practical solutions.
• Is able to think through complex problems using unique solutions.

• Analyzes current procedures and identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Challenges current procedures to develop other alternatives.
• Suggests ways to improve processes and systems.
• Creates new ways of doing routine tasks.
• Fosters continuous improvement processes.
• Challenges existing work processes/products to enhance value.
• Pursues innovative approaches to the current policies and procedures.
• Creates new and efficient processes.
• Challenges current procedures / processes to develop new solutions.
• Looks for new ways of doing things.

• Offers constructive improvements to existing systems.
• Establishes systems of continuous improvement.
• Improves and makes systems more efficient.
• Creates new programs and systems.

• Develops new products and services.
• Develops innovative products or services.
• Creates innovative products or services.
• Creates new products or services.
• Focuses on creating new value for our products/services.

• Fosters a creative and innovative work environment.
• Takes risks to advance important ideas.
• Takes risks to reach beyond boundaries.
• Takes risks that often yield rewards.

• Not afraid to think outside the box when dealing with issues.
• Seeks innovative ways to change, grow, and improve the department.
• Seeks innovative ways to change, grow, and improve the company.
• Encourages others to experiment and learn from their mistakes without fear of retribution.
• Challenges assumptions about the way things work.