(LPM) Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) - WDA

Calling forT-Shaped ProfessionalsToday’s global economy is dynamic, inter-connected, borderless andcross-functional. Effective professionals, managers, executives and technicians(PMETs) are those who are “T-shaped”. T-shaped Professionals possess verticaldepth of knowledge in a single discipline or profession as well as demonstrate ahorizontal breadth of multi-disciplinary skills, such as strategic planning,leadership, people management, business development and financialmanagement.According to Harvard business professor Dorothy Leonard, T-shapedProfessionals thrive at the workplace because “they are capable of divergent,synergistic thinking.” (Source: Coevolving Innovations- http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/t-shaped-professionals-t-shaped-skills-hybrid-managers/)In 2009, the Economic Strategies Committee identified grooming of suchT-shaped Professionals as an imperative for the Continuing Education andTraining of PMETs in Singapore to broaden their skills and increase theiremployability. To facilitate this process, the Singapore Workforce DevelopmentAgency (WDA) has developed two Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications(WSQ) frameworks:• Business Management (BM) WSQ• Leadership & People Management (LPM) WSQHorizontal skills acrossvarious functional areas“Through learning interventions such as this programme on strategicplanning, we are building a team of dedicated bankers withstrong skills for the future of banking in Singapore.”David SicariHead of Learning & DevelopmentANZ SingaporeDeep,verticalskills ina singledisciplineThe T-shaped Professional02