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Competencies are the abilities to act in a self-organized way in new, open, complex situations. Unlike knowledge, qualifications (tested abilities) and skills, competencies only ever show themselves in real action. They are developable – through experience, reflection and targeted practical projects. ValCom is based on the scientific competency model by Erpenbeck & Sauter.

Personality tests (Big Five, MBTI etc.) measure traits that are very hard to change – they show "this is how I am". Competency diagnostics measures developable capacities to act – it shows "this is how I act". The key difference: behavior = personality, action = competency. ValCom focuses on actions – not on relatively unchangeable personality traits.

Workplace Learning is learning within the work process – as opposed to learning in a seminar. In next-generation Workplace Learning, working and learning merge: knowledge is not delivered "in advance", but curated by AI and provided as needed within the work process, then immediately applied in dialogue with the AI learning partner.

With ValCom and the AI learning partner VIA, employees shape their learning processes in a self-organized way. Based on values and competency diagnostics, VIA recommends individual learning goals, matching practical projects and tasks, social learning, learning support and training measures. The result: no transfer problem, because new knowledge is applied immediately. VIA is permanently available as a learning partner throughout the self-organized learning process.

Skills management software is a digital solution for the systematic capture, analysis and targeted development of values and competencies. ValCom enables AI-supported profile creation, self-assessments and 360° feedback, visualization of skills gaps through radar charts and tables, evaluation with AI advisors, and AI-supported development recommendations.

ValCom is based on an extensive, scientifically grounded soft-skills library with around 390 competency terms and around 500 value terms – soft skills, meaning values and competencies. Every term includes definitions, behavioral anchors or value examples, and exaggerated forms. From this, recommendations for individual learning goals and personalized learning paths can be derived. The taxonomy was developed by Prof. Dr. Werner Sauter.

Yes, ValCom is fully GDPR-compliant. All data is hosted and processed on servers in Germany. The platform meets all requirements for data protection and data security for European companies.

ValCom is suitable for companies with around 50 or more employees. This development space scales flexibly with your company – from a small and mid-sized business to a large corporation.

ValCom's conditions depend on the agreed scope of services. The guided starter offer covers twelve weeks with eight to twenty people and starts from €20,000 net for the minimum package of eight people. For subsequent use, we prepare an individual proposal.

ValCom is the suite with the modules Diagnostics, Learning and Studio. Diagnostics makes values, competencies and skills gaps visible. Learning supports development with learning paths and practical tasks. Studio creates learning content from your documents. VIA (ValCom Intelligent Agent) is the AI planning and learning partner within ValCom Learning.

ValCom is based on 4 scientifically grounded competency areas following the Erpenbeck & Heyse competency model: personal competencies (self-responsibility, self-organization...), activity competencies (consistency, initiative...), social competencies (collaboration, teamwork) and methodological competencies (experience-oriented, expertise...). Around 390 competency terms are fully worked out within these areas.

ValCom uses the Sauter competency model – a further development of the scientific foundation of Prof. John Erpenbeck and Prof. Volker Heyse, adapted to the new possibilities of artificial intelligence. The model defines competencies as self-organization dispositions. The basic structure with 4 competency areas is retained, but more flexible: ValCom works with 16 competency fields and enables an extended, customizable use of competency terms.

Yes, ValCom also captures hard skills – meaning abilities, qualifications and knowledge. Soft skills are the goal of learning, but hard skills, knowledge and qualification are the necessary prerequisite for competency development. Without the necessary subject-matter knowledge, competencies cannot be developed. That is why we also derive hard skills from requirements and can capture and evaluate them.

Self-organized learning in the workplace can only succeed within a supportive learning culture. ValCom also captures the learning culture and the motivation for self-organized learning. The results help companies identify obstacles to self-organized learning and improve the learning culture in a targeted way. At the same time, they feed into individual AI-supported development recommendations. This makes learning more efficient, and employees can also develop themselves further in the area of learning.

Yes, ValCom offers a REST API for integration with other HR systems. We are open to connecting with various people-management solutions and are happy to discuss the effort involved and your requirements in a personal conversation.

Skills management and competency management are often used synonymously. Skills management covers the diagnostics of values and competencies with the derivation of hard skills, while competency management focuses on the targeted development of the capacity to act. ValCom is a comprehensive skills diagnostics that covers all areas.

360° feedback enables a comprehensive competency and values assessment from different perspectives: self-assessment, feedback from managers, colleagues and optionally external assessors. The results are visualized as a radar chart and in table form, and supplemented by an AI-supported evaluation.

A skills gap is the difference between existing competencies (current profile) and targeted competencies (target profile). ValCom automatically visualizes skills gaps, prioritizes development needs and helps plan targeted development measures with practical tasks and projects.

ValCom differs in two key respects: first, through its clear focus on soft skills – with around 390 scientifically grounded competencies by Prof. Dr. Werner Sauter and a consistent orientation toward targeted skills development in practical projects and tasks instead of pure knowledge transfer. Second, through its scalability and broad applicability: while most diagnostics tools require specialized consultants for every diagnosis, ValCom puts the user at the center – every employee can independently create profiles, run assessments and use AI-supported evaluations in dialogue with the AI at any time. ValCom scales on economically viable terms.

Values and competencies are assessed in ValCom on a scale from 1 to 9. Every competency and every value comes with a clear definition, concrete behavioral anchors and an exaggerated form, enabling a precise and comparable assessment. Abilities, qualifications and knowledge can also be captured in addition. Assessment happens through self-assessment and optionally through 360° feedback.

Yes, ValCom is also particularly suitable for leadership development. The taxonomy is tailored to the specific needs of this target group. Combined with VIA, ValCom enables continuous leadership coaching.

You can get to know ValCom in a free live demo. The subsequent starter offer is a paid, guided learning initiative over twelve weeks for eight to twenty people. It includes setting up the platform, working on real practical tasks and a joint evaluation.

ValCom takes data security very seriously: all data is transmitted encrypted (SSL/TLS) and stored on ISO 27001-certified servers in Germany. The platform is fully GDPR-compliant, with detailed access control, audit logs and regular security audits.

ValCom captures values at three levels: individual, team and organizational. At the individual level, personal values are captured through self- and external assessments. At the team and organizational level, ValCom enables the capture of current values and desired values. From this, it can be derived which values are currently lived and which should be prioritized in the future, in the view of employees. These desired values form the basis for defining target profiles and targeted values development. ValCom also offers the option of anonymized capture.

As an anchor of self-organized action, values are the core of competency – they give employees motivation and orientation. Without internalized values, competencies often remain superficial. In Workplace Learning, values form the inner compass: they steer decisions and develop not through directives but through reflected experience. ValCom makes values transparent and enables targeted values development at every level – from individual attitude to corporate culture.

With ValCom, you create company-, team- or function-specific competency models in a few steps: based on information about your company, your roles and requirements, as well as labor market data, the AI generates personalized competency profiles – based on our library of around 390 scientifically grounded soft skills. The result is function- and task-related target profiles that serve as a benchmark for assessments and development planning. Existing competency models from your company can also optionally be integrated.

ValCom enables success measurement at several levels: regular assessments let you track the development of individual competencies over time. The target-actual comparison shows how skills gaps close. At the team and organizational level, you identify development trends and can measure the progress of development programs. The AI-supported evaluation delivers concrete recommendations for next steps.

Yes, ValCom is an excellent fit for Swiss companies. The platform is both GDPR-compliant and compliant with the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA). Our Swiss office (oneclick AG) in Zurich serves customers from Switzerland. The user interface is available in German and English – with French and Italian to follow.

Your self-developed competency model can generally be optimized with ValCom.