The Path Cards

The Path Cards are a physical deck of 67 cards that break down each element and the sub-elements of The Path HR Capability Framework. The deck contains four different types of cards: information cards, Core Capability cards, Capability level cards, and Domain of Knowledge cards. The deck also comes with a fold-out poster of The Path Capability Framework. The Path cards have been created to help people interact with the capability framework in a visual and tactile manner.  

Yes, The Path cards are available to anyone and designed for flexible use. We provide suggested applications, but you decide how to use them best. Individual practitioners may use them for career planning, people leaders for development discussions, hiring managers for candidate assessment; the applications are yours to define.

Yes, that's a great application. For example, practitioners taking part in a workshop could take turns or work together to complete a capability assessment, using the cards to visualise where they currently sit in their professional development journey, and then to build a plan for their next steps.

The Path is an HR Capability Framework developed specifically for the unique demands on HR practitioners in Aotearoa, New Zealand. It integrates the factors that are fundamental to allowing HR to lead now and into the future.  

The Path framework consists of three elements that together, outline what excellence in HR looks like over a number of different levels from a basic delivery level, through to a strategic governance level. These three elements are:

• The Core Capabilities, 6 elements that sit at the heart of our framework and capture the essence of good HR practice,
• The Capability Levels, which outline different levels that an HR practitioner can operate in across their roles and in their careers, and
• The Domains of Knowledge, which represent the different specialist areas of HR.

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