Template G3 · Manager · also used by agency owners
Team Capability Map.
Who can be trusted with what. The ten universal competency domains applied to a team rather than to a person, which is where the uncomfortable gaps become visible.
The decision this template protects
What this team can currently be relied on to do without supervision.
Manager · also used by agency owners
Framework · Universal Competency Domains
Version 1.0 · 19 August 2026
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Before you start, you need
What has to be true first.
- The ten competency domains.
- Recent work you have actually observed, not impressions.
- A view on which domains this team's roles genuinely require.
What this template will not do for you
Its stated limits.
- It is not a performance appraisal and using it as one will destroy its usefulness within a quarter.
- Scores are your judgment, not measurement. Say so when you share it.
- It cannot tell you whether somebody will improve. That is a separate conversation with the person.
What is in it
4 sections, and what each one makes you write down.
01
The ten domains
- Domain
- What it looks like when present
02
The map
- Person
03
Where the function is exposed
- Domain
- Team's weakest point
- Consequence when it bites
- Response
04
Single points of failure
- Capability
Judgment prompts
Questions the template makes you answer.
- Which score did you inflate because you like the person?
- Which domain does your team's work actually require most, and is that where your strength is?
- If your strongest person left on Friday, which client would be at risk on Monday?
- Are you calling something a training gap when it is a hiring mistake?
The defensible output
What you are left holding.
A completed capability map with named exposures and single points of failure, and a response for each gap.
Published open. Copy it, adapt it, use it on client work. If you pass it on, keep the attribution line on it.
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Each one names the decision it protects, states what it will not do, and ends in something you could defend six months later.