HR Strategy Excellence

Course Outline

Overview

This course explores organization performance from the many facets of an organization. We will take you on a journey from a strategic view right through to the individual, exploring performance from many angles to gain insights into what really works in organizations today.

The course also includes a site visit to an organization relevant to the course so delegates can develop an understanding of how their contemporaries function in the real-world.

The course will wrap with a summary of the key learning points, followed by an action planning exercise with a view to apply the acquired knowledge and skills immediately upon your return to work. Post-course support is also available in relation to the implementation of your action plan, up to six (6) months following course completion.

Agenda

Performance Management Strategy

• Common Challenges with Performance Management
• The Performance Cycle
• Effective Ways to improve Performance

The Employee Engagement Cycle

• Recruitment and Selection
• Induction
• Discipline and Grievance

Organizational Culture and Change

• The Competency Concept
• Developing a Coaching Culture
• Emotional Intelligence

Site Visit

• Industrial visit to a relevant organization.
• An insight into the internal working of companies.
• An opportunity to learn through interaction with practising professionals.

Course Review

• Summary and recap of key learning objectives
• Action Planning

Target Audience

This course is suitable for:

• HR directors
• Heads of HR functions
• HR business partners
• Senior HR executives, managers, advisors and officers who wish to contribute to the development and implementation of HR strategy.
• Chief officers, Chairpersons, Board members, Company directors, Heads of Departments, and all those at the highest levels of an organization interested in developing an in-depth knowledge of strategic HRM.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Analyse and examine ways to improve performance of teams and individuals.
• Explore the difficulties of induction and the benefits of getting it right.
• Understand why competencies should be at the heart of your strategic thinking.
• Deepen your understanding of competencies with increased Emotional Intelligence as central to your organization culture.
• Understand how money really impacts performance.
• A practical perspective into contemporary work practices in your field.
• How to implement an Action Plan at your workplace using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course.