competencies

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Early relationships teach us basic social competencies: how to express emotions, cooperate and forgive, and how and when to compete—all skills we use at work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

"We believe it is time to bring in new competencies and perspectives to the Board to support Mike Doustdar and his leadership team in executing on the company’s strategy," he said in a statement.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

I feel like General Zod from Superman, floating off into space trapped inside a two-dimensional phantom zone, screaming in silence about my job qualifications and core competencies.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

Its head, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, insisted the Kremlin team had "all the necessary competencies".

From BBC • May 15, 2025

But the competencies of the earlier years were spent, and age could only plan for the activities in which it should not share.

From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by Smith, William Robert Lee