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Leadership — compétence UN

Serving as a role model, providing direction and empowering others, and driving change where it is needed.

What this competency means

Leadership in the UN framework emphasises serving as a role model that other people want to follow, empowering others to translate vision into results, being proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives, establishing and maintaining relationships with a broad range of people, and showing courage to take unpopular stands.

D'après le UN Competency Framework

Indicateurs comportementaux

  • Serves as a role model that other people want to follow
  • Empowers others to translate vision into results
  • Is proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives
  • Establishes and maintains relationships with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain support
  • Anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions
  • Drives for change and improvement; does not accept the status quo
  • Shows the courage to take unpopular stands

Notre interprétation pour la préparation aux entretiens

Comportements qui affaiblissent une réponse

  • Leads by instruction rather than example
  • Avoids conflict until it becomes unmanageable
  • Defends the status quo when change is clearly needed

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Ce qu'un bon exemple peut démontrer

Candidates preparing for competency-based interviews can use this competency to think about a time they moved a group in a direction it was not naturally taking. A strong behavioural example would demonstrate the stand taken, how support was built, and the change achieved.

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Comment préparer les questions sur cette compétence

Leadership examples usually involve driving change, resolving conflict, or taking a position that was not comfortable.

Préparation STAR

  • Situation posez le contexte en deux phrases : où, quand, avec qui.
  • Tâche précisez ce dont vous étiez personnellement responsable, et non ce dont l'équipe l'était.
  • Action consacrez-y l'essentiel de la réponse, à la première personne, en illustrant les indicateurs ci-dessus.
  • Résultat chiffrez le résultat et ajoutez ce que vous en avez appris ou changé ensuite.

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Questions d'entretien fréquentes

Exemples de formulations rédigés par PanelPrep pour vous entraîner. Ils ne sont ni publiés ni approuvés par UN.

  • Tell us about a change you drove against resistance.
  • Describe a conflict you resolved within or between teams.
  • Give an example of an unpopular position you took.

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Erreurs fréquentes

  • Describing formal authority instead of influence
  • Choosing an example where nothing actually changed
  • Omitting how the people involved were brought along

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Source et attribution

Le nom de la compétence, sa catégorie et les concepts comportementaux de cette page s'appuient sur United Nations, "UN Competency Development – A Practical Guide". Les synthèses, conseils d'entretien, questions types et recommandations de préparation sont des contenus originaux PanelPrep.

Version du référentiel: UN Competency Development – A Practical Guide. Date de la source: 2010-01-01. Dernière vérification: 2026-08-09.

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