Managing Employees for Strategic Advantage Course

This programme exposes Line Managers and Managers in staff functions other than the core HR professionals to the Human Resources concepts that affect their individual business performance. With this course, they will know how the human elements help them to take better strategic decisions. They will also be able to strengthen the employee relationship within their responsibility areas as within the organization as whole. The greatest asset any organisation can have is staff that diplays the best competence at all times.

Programme Objectives

At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Understand the strategic approach employed by professional human resources managers
• Harness quality staff and align the employees efficiently
• Focus the whole staff on common business goals
• Play their roles in attracting, retaining and deploying the right professionals to achieve group vision.
• Develop key business and behaviour skills
• Practice how to link daily activities of their subordinates with set business direction
• Learn how to recognise, stimulate and develop high professional qualities in others
• Manage the tricky liaison between subordinates and senior management.

Course Contents

Day One

• Sources of Strategic Advantages for Organizations
• Resources
• Processes
• Values and priorities
• Human Resource Flow
• Recruitment
• Selection
• Training and development opportunities
• Continuous performance feedback
• The Right Employees & their Benefits
• Employees with specialized skills
• Employees bringing missing competencies
• Employees  with networks for business growth

Day Two

• Preparedness for Managing Employees
• Leadership readiness
• Providing ongoing performance feedback
• Communicating the organization’s vision
• Participative problem-solving and decision-making
• Managing productive meetings
• Dealing with poor performers 
• Heads, Hands & Hearts of Employees
• Fostering a culture of employee engagement
• Employee Influence
• Sense of pride about the company
• Sense of accomplishment

Day Three

• Work Systems
• Developing engaged teams
• Handling people's self-interest
• Clear roles
• Accountabilities
• Effective communication systems
• Culture of trust