competencies

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"The staff that were coming in didn't necessarily have the training and the skills and the competencies to be able to meet the needs of these young people."

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Novo Nordisk had wanted to freshen up the board by adding select, new competencies while also maintaining continuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Lund said that the board had proposed bringing in several new board members to add new competencies, while the majority shareholder, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, "wanted a more extensive reconfiguration".

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

How she stands out in her letters! her brilliancy, penetration, originality, wisdom, character, and the fine literary competencies of her pen—they are all there.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) by Paine, Albert Bigelow