A common component of managerial training programs is a section on human resources as it plays an important role to align human capital with business strategies and philosophies. Managers who focus more on the numbers and less on managing talent tend to let HR responsibilities slip. Talent needs to be optimized and HR in Action ensures that talent is optimized and productivity is high.
Learning Tracks Titles
Positive Mental Attitude
Culture Of Empowerment
Handling Discipline
Work-Life Balance
Screening Resumes
Behavioural Interviewing Skills
Selecting Candidates
Induction And Orientation
Performance Review
Managing Performance
Building Competencies
Planning Training
Positive Mental Attitude
In a study of 99 Harvard University students, those who were optimists at age 25 were significantly healthier at ages 45 and 60 than those who were pessimists. Other studies have linked a pessimistic explanatory style with higher rates of infectious disease, poor health, and earlier mortality. The studies are out there. Being a positive thinker, an optimist will not only mean success in your career, but a an even more healthy and stable life.
Culture Of Empowerment
Empowerment is the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or groups to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes. In essence empowerment speaks to self determined change. Empowered people have freedom of choice and action. This in turn enables them to better influence the course of their lives and the decisions which affect them.
Handling Discipline
The main purpose of handling discipline is to encourage improvement in a staff whose conduct or performances are below acceptable standards. By acting promptly the relevant manager can clarify what the problem is and gather information, including anything the staff has to say. The attitude and conduct of staff may be seriously affected if management fails to apply the same rules and considerations to each case.
Work-Life Balance
This Work Life Balance training is the best benefit you can provide your staff. Finding work-life balance in today’s frenetically paced world is no simple task. However, at the core of an effective work-life balance definition are two key everyday concepts that are relevant to each of us. They are daily Achievement and Enjoyment, ideas almost deceptive in their simplicity.
Screening Resumes
Screening and evaluating resumes can be time-consuming, since resumes can vary widely in formatting and content. There are certain steps you can take to make this process easier and help you choose an effective shortlist of candidates. Narrowing that list can be challenging, especially if there are many qualified applicants. So learn the simple yet effective steps here.
Behavioural Interviewing Skills
Behavioral interviewing is a relatively new mode of job interviewing. The premise behind behavioral interviewing is that the most accurate predictor of future performance is past performance in similar situations. Behavioral interviewing, in fact, is said to be 55 percent predictive of future on-the-job behavior, while traditional interviewing is only 10 percent predictive.
Selecting Candidates
Different types of positions require different kinds of selection techniques. Choosing the right techniques will help you to recruit the best person for the position. The selection techniques you choose depend on the particular skills, attributes and knowledge required for the position. You must be able to match the selection method with the selection criteria that are most critical to the position.
Induction And Orientation
Orientation is an integral part of developing your organization culture in alignment with your organization’s vision, mission and purpose and your new staff’s role. It is important that the induction process is consistent to ensure that all new staff have the same induction experience and receive the same messages. Induction if implemented effectively has the potential to reduce turnover, absenteeism and boost morale.
Performance Review
It’s important not only that your staff feel appreciated, but also that they feel they’re progressing steadily in their careers. One of the best ways to ensure this level of job satisfaction is by holding staff performance reviews at least once a year. However, as essential as these reviews can be for the growth of the organization and the well-being of its staff, many managers remain uncomfortable with the entire process.
Managing Performance
Performance management is the activity of tracking performance against targets and identifying opportunities for improvement – but not just looking back at past performance. The focus of performance management is the future – what do you need to be able to do and how can you do things better? Managing performance is about managing for results.
Building Competencies
In every job, some people perform more effectively than others. Superior performers do their jobs differently and possess different characteristics, or “competencies”, than average performers do. A competency is a personal characteristic (skill, knowledge, trait, motive) that drives behavior leading to outstanding performance. Learn how to identify and build the competencies of your workforce.
Planning Training
Development and execution of a well-conceived training plan is the cornerstone upon which a successful training program rests. Managers need to access the training needs and requirements of their team, plan their training and growth.
