SHRM Seminar Series

Developed for mid- to senior-level leaders working across national borders, this interactive one-day course explores what we know about culture and how we must navigate today’s increasingly globalized marketplace. In particular, we’ll focus on general concepts of cultural competence and how to analyze and apply these concepts. Moreover, we’ll arm you with strategies to proactively diagnose and address culture-based conflicts or challenges.

Program Overview

Insightful instruction provides groundwork on developing an HR strategy—from theory to execution. This course has been developed using a combination of proven practices, comprehensive case studies and all-inclusive toolkits. Now is the time to demonstrate your resultsdriven mind-set by seeking world-class knowledge and earning a professional certificate of achievement. This course is appropriate for HR professionals at the manager through director levels with five to seven years experience, looking to obtain the basic concepts of strategy from theory to execution.

Course Objectives

• Define and describe organizational strategy and recognize the major components of a good organizational strategy
• Develop an HR strategy that is linked to an organizational strategy
• Develop an HR strategy implementation plan in order to execute strategy

Benefits & Features

• Enhance ability to positively impact your organization’s bottom line
• Gain the knowledge to become a strategic partner within your organization
• Learn from experienced HR professionals

This program is ideal for those who are just starting out in the HR profession, or for those who are looking for an effective way to boost their employee-management skills. Recently updated, this two-day comprehensive program provides an overview of human resource roles and responsibilities, giving participants critical knowledge to help reduce potentially costly lawsuits and improving their ability to handle challenging HR issues.

Program Materials
Program fee includes the SHRM Essentials® of HR Management.

Program Overview

Do you need to link HR activities, programs and costs to organizational results? Need help defending programs that are performing well? This intensive two-day course will teach you how to leverage evidence-based data to drive organizational change around workforce metrics. This hands-on program helps HR professionals learn how to drive organizational change around human capital activities by using evidence-based data that links human capital results to organizational performance. From facilitating outcome-based conversations, to monetizing intangible activities, interpreting and benchmarking organizational results, this program will show HR professionals how to build the confidence needed to gain consensus and acceptance around human capital measures that support operational goals.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• Confidently engage in metrics discussions with finance and line managers
• Know the right data to collect, compute and interpret
• Align workforce metrics with business objectives
• Design and implement a metrics strategy
• Communicate and execute your implementation plan

Program Overview

This program focuses on the primary skills that professionals need to be successful in their role as HR Business Partners in their organization. Making the transition to this role requires HR professionals to develop or enhance their skills in key areas so that they are able to perform effectively and be seen by line executives, managers and employees as a critical partner to the business. This may mean a fundamental shift in the way the HR interacts with line executives. It also means HR professionals will need to learn more about how the business operates, how to build and present an effective business case and how HR can maximize its value to the organization.

Program Takeaways

• Case studies for consulting with internal clients/leaders
• Information gathering and analysis tools to use with clients
• A template/format for creating a business case and developing the executive summary
• Examples for presenting a business case, including stakeholder analysis
• Checklists for use when working with internal clients, communicating to support initiatives, and developing business cases
• Tools for aligning the HR strategy with the direction of the organization

Learning Objectives

• Identify the key leadership skills for HR Business Partners
• Learn and demonstrate effective internal consulting skills
• Understand business acumen and the financial drivers of company performance
• Develop a business case and implementation plan for your organization

Program Overview

Discover new and creative ways to do your job. This course is ideal for a generalist with two to four years experience or HR professional looking for an overview or refresher course. An industry expert will provide you with an outline of the HR generalist’s core competencies in a variety of formats, including platform instruction, video, case studies and discussion groups. Each competency presented will provide you with the definition, roles and responsibilities of the HR generalist, the latest trends, useful metrics, and relevant employment laws. This is your opportunity to learn from the best in the field and to network with your peers.

Topics Covered

• Staffing
• Compensation and benefits
• Orientation, training and development
• Employee relations challenges, performance management and employee engagement

Program Materials
The HR Generalist program book is a tool kit divided into the HR Core Competencies, and each competency contains a list of learning objectives and an Action Plan Matrix for you to list your personal and organizational goals. Extensive reference materials are included at the end of each topic, including relevant white papers and research analysis reports, applicable forms, checklists, samples, and detailed metric calculations.

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