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The Navigator Volume #58
Summer/Fall 2025
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Leading A 501(c)(3) All Volunteer Organization – A True Leadership Test
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #57
Spring 2025
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: The Persistent Need for Strategic Thinking, Profit, and Organizational Synergy
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #56
Winter 2025
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Seek First to Understand, Then Be Understood
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #55
Fall 2024
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Competency Models as a Talent Management Best Practice
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #54
Spring 2024
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Peanut Butter & Chocolate and Leadership & Creativity Webinars
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #53
Winter 2024
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: The Case For Live Workshops
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #52
Summer 2023
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: AI and HR and IO
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #51
Spring 2023
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Whitney’s Eyewitness Account
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #50
Winter 2023
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Optimism and Realism – The Importance of a Glass Half Full
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #49
Fall 2022
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Competencies Explained in Three Diagrams
- Announcements
- New Polaris Licensees New
- Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #48
Summer 2022
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Strategic Leadership Development
- Announcements
- New Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #47
Spring 2022
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Making Good Choices
- Announcements
- New Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #46
Winter 2022
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Featured Article: Change Agility
- Announcements
- New Polaris Licensees
- New Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #45
Fall 2021
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: A Leader For The Ages – A Eulogy For A Captain
- Announcements
- New Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #44
Summer 2021
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Survey Guided Leadership Development
- Announcements
- New Polaris Licensees
- New Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #43
Spring 2021
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Remote Leadership Research Results – Unmute Yourself: What Remote Team Members Say are Essential Leader Behaviors
- Announcements
- New Polaris Licensees
- New Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Leading the Sustainability Transformation: Certificate Program Presented by OSI Partner WholeWorks
- Partnership – OSI and qChange® (HQ Bend, Oregon)
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #42
Winter 2021
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Remote Leader Competencies – Are They Different?
- Announcements
- New Polaris Development Package
- New Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #41
Summer 2020
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Thoughts on Professional Development During the Pandemic
- Announcements
- New Polaris Development Package
- New Virtual Polaris Certification Workshops
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #40
Spring 2020
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Judging Leaders – Today’s Lenses for Evaluating Leadership
- Announcements
- New Polaris Development Package
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #39
Winter 2020
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Redefining Competency Based Education
- Announcements
- Polaris Certification Workshop
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
2019
The Navigator Volume #38
Fall 2019
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Competency Management – Isolating “C” Suite Competencies
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Members of the Polaris® Family
- The Drucker School of Management – Claremont Graduate University – Upcoming Certificate Program
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #37
Spring 2019
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Imagine Your Best Self: New Polaris Vision Statements
- Announcements
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
- Book Links:
The Navigator Volume #36
Winter 2019
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: The Collaborative Imperative
- Announcements
- Polaris® Certification Workshop
- Book Links:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
2018
The Navigator Volume #35
Fall 2018
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Why a Core Competency Model?
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Member of the Polaris® Family
- Polaris® Certification Workshop
- OD SIG Meeting – Bruce Griffiths, Guest Speaker
- New Book Release:
Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life
The Navigator Volume #34
Summer 2018
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Making the Leaps from Expert to Supervisor to Strategic Leader
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Member of the Polaris® Family
- Rio Negro Pulp Mill (RNPM) Simulation Goes Live
- Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #32
Winter 2018
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Leadership Mindsets
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Member of the Polaris® Family
- Recent Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #33
Spring 2018
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Survey Guided Leadership Development – A Case Study of Persistence
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Member of the Polaris® Family
- Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
2017
The Navigator Volume #31
Fall 2017
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Putting on Competency Glasses
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Member of the Polaris® Family
- Recent Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #30
Summer 2017
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: The Maestro – A Study in Leadership Competence
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Member of the Polaris® Family
- Recent Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #29
Spring 2017
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Why Leaders MUST Continuously Develop
- Announcements
- Polaris® Certification Workshop
- New Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #28
Winter 2017
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Polaris Competencies Go to College!
- Announcements
- New Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
- New Book Release:
2016
The Navigator Volume #27
Fall 2016
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Trends in 360 Survey Guided Leadership Development
- Announcements
- Polaris® Certification Workshop
- New Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #26
Summer 2016
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: 360 Feedback Best Practice
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Member of the Polaris® Family
- Polaris® Certification Workshop
- New! The Paper Nation Rio Negro Pulp Mill Simulation: A Strategic Leadership Simulation With Sustainability Challenges
- New Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #25
January/February 2016
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: 360 Feedback Craze
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Members of the Polaris® Family
- Polaris® Certification Workshop
- New Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
2015
The Navigator Volume #24
Summer 2015
In This Issue
- A Message from OSI
- Featured Article: Tips for Interpreting a 360 Feedback Report
- Announcements
- Welcome to the Newest Members of the Polaris® Family
- OSI Happenings
- Crystal Celebrates 16 Years at OSI
- New Book Release:
Competencies at Work: Providing a Common Language for Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #23
Spring 2015
In This Issue
- President’s Message: Book Release: Competencies at Work
- Featured Article: The Power of a Development Plan
- Announcements
- Welcome to Our Newest Polaris® Licensee!
2014
The Navigator Volume #22
Fall/Winter 2014
In This Issue
- President’s Message: Passages
- Announcements
- Welcome to Our Newest Polaris® Licensee!
- Happy Holidays!
- OSI Launches Polaris® 4.0
The Navigator Volume #21
Summer 2014
In This Issue
- President’s Message: Simulations, Soccer, and Cities
- Announcements
- OSI Launches Polaris® 4.0
The Navigator Volume #20
Spring 2014
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- OSI launches Polaris® Version 4.0
- Polaris® 4.0 Launch Sale
2013
The Navigator Volume #19
Fall/Winter 2013
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Polaris® Version 4.0 coming soon
- Polaris® Certification Workshop Announcement
The Navigator Volume #18
Summer 2013
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Polaris® Goes to College
- Another Successful Business Simulation
The Navigator Volume #17
Spring 2013
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Revisiting Executive Incentives
- Polaris® Certification Workshop Announcement
2012
The Navigator Volume #16
October/November/December 2012
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Reflections on Leadership Pragmatism, Persistence, Risk and Authenticity
The Navigator Volume #15
July/August/September 2012
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Queen Lili’uokalani – A Team Building Story
- Polaris® Certification Workshop Announcement
The Navigator Volume #14
April/May/June 2012
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Employee Engagement: Something New or Déjà Vu?
The Navigator Volume #13
January/February/March 2012
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Timeless Truths about Management: What Does Organization Science Tell Us?
- Polaris® Certification Workshop Announcement
2011
The Navigator Volume #12
October/November/December 2011
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- OSI’s Simulated Oktoberfest
- Polaris® User Group Conference Announcement
The Navigator Volume #11
August/September 2011
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Best Practices in Management: Rethinking Strategy
- Polaris® Users’ Group Conference Announcement
- Midwest Forum on Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #10
June/July 2011
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Best Practices in Management: Rethinking Strategy
- Polaris® Users’ Group Conference Announcement
- Midwest Forum on Talent Management
The Navigator Volume #9
April/May 2011
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Best Practices in Management: Rethinking Strategy
- San Diego ASTD Meeting
- Midwest Forum on Talent Management
In This Issue
The Navigator Volume #8
January/February 2011
The Navigator Volume #10
June/July 2011
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Best Practices in Management: Rethinking Strategy
- Polaris® Users’ Group Conference Announcement
- Midwest Forum on Talent Management
2010
In This Issue
The Navigator Volume #7
November/December 2010
In This Issue
The Navigator Volume #6
September/October 2010
In This Issue
The Navigator Volume #5
July/August 2010
The Navigator Volume #4
May/June 2010
In This Issue
- President’s Message
- Decisions, Decisions – The Polaris Big Six
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