Business & Strategy Development
A successful business strategy involves aligning an organisation’s unique assets and capabilities to its external relationships. A strategy is not something that can happen in an ad hoc way. It requires careful planning so that the process is thorough, and comprehensive. When you develop or revise a strategic plan, you are setting the parameters for the future work of your organisation
Business Plans say "How"-- Strategic Plans say "What and Why"!
On this page you will find training and development solutions to guide you through strategy development, and strategic planning at corporate, business and functional levels.
You will also find useful resources to enable you to focus on business and strategy development in ourBusiness & Strategy Development
This workshop will introduce you to best practice techniques in strategic thinking and business planning, and enable you to develop the skills to create plans which align with your corporate goals. Business managers are often so preoccupied with immediate issues that they lose sight of their ultimate objectives. That's why a business review or preparation of a strategic plan is a necessity..
A successful strategic plan should:
- Serve as a framework for decisions or for securing support/ approval
- Provide a basis for more detailed planning
- Explain the business to others in order to inform, motivate and involve
- Assist benchmarking and performance monitoring
- Stimulate change and become building block for next plan
This business and strategy development training course will enable those attending to understand the strategic business planning process and to equip them with tools and techniques which will enable them to develop strategic business plans.
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The Executive Toolbox
You are a key executive in
your company and people rely on your skills, judgements and decisions and
expect you to continually "come up with the goods".
You are called upon to deliver motivational speeches, chair meetings, develop
strategy and develop people, handle crises and deal with the internal and
external pressures that go with your position.
Part of the deal is that others do expect you to handle all that and more with
professionalism, energy and enthusiasm. And then there's the rest of your life,
too: all that work-life balance stuff. Being invisible is occasionally inviting
but not an option!
The good news is you are not expected to go it alone, even super humans need to develop, network, refresh and grow.
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Competency Based Performance Management
Managing performance is not difficult. It’s about practical ways of improving how you do things in your organisation. However, Managing performance involves much more than setting up a system. The mechanics, targets, indicators, and plans are only a small part of the process and they are easy to deal with in comparison to getting the right focus, leadership, and culture in place.
Performance management is a fundamental and critical tool for best practice. Performance management starts with recognising competencies – or the skills knowledge and behaviours that make performance effective.
This powerful workshop will
enable you to identify the competencies that are essential to ensuring
effective contribution
Change Leadership
This exciting training course will focus upon the skills, strategies and develop the knowledge required to enable you to plan implement, and sell change as an attractive opportunity. We will ensure that you are able to integrate the processes to fast forward change initiatives and get your business moving in a new and positive direction
Human Resource Planning for Strategic Impact
If you are looking for a development solution that provides a complete insight into the fundamentals of HR and Personnel Management then this is the event for you! With its comprehensive coverage of HR best practice, easy to follow format, superbly written support materials, role plays and group exercises, feedback from an expert facilitator and a detailed action plan for you to follow later – this event is a must for any HR and Personnel Management professional who wants to excel in their role.
As a HR and Personnel Management Professional, continuing professional development isn't an option - it's an obligation, employee responsibilities shift, and core functions are impacted. It's critical that you and every single member of your staff know how to react to change and make a real difference with appropriate strategic solutions.
During this event we explore the disciplines and functions of HR and Personnel Management and identify how we can add strategic value to the business through those disciplines
It is the surest way to learn how to identify and alert management to the potential strategic advantages that HR can offer.
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This workshop is designed for those who work as training coordinators, trainers, or designers of learning and development programmes. In this role they support and interact with line managers, organise, and occasionally conduct, training activities, select external courses and trainers, link the training activities to the staff development process and plan the future training activity as a basis for a competency driven development strategy.
The workshop will prepare individuals who operate in training and development to plan a strategy to contribute effectively to the business and become a credible business partner. It will ensure that participants leave the event with new tools ready to implement substantial ideas for improving the effectiveness of the training function
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Designing & Implementing Competency Frameworks
Competency frameworks are an essential vehicle for achieving organizational performance and they are embraced by progressive organizations who integrate competency-based human resource management processes into their recruitment and selection, performance management and succession planning activities.
Competencies represent the language of performance articulating both the expected outcomes of an individual’s efforts and the manner in which these activities are carried out.
This highly interactive event utilises simulations and practical activities to enable you to develop, construct and apply the techniques of competency framework development. During the workshop you will develop your knowledge through a range of activities and methodologies including: facilitated learning, case studies and personal feedback. The workshop materials will include comprehensive templates for you to use to construct your framework.
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Competency Based Recruitment & Selection
Recruiting people who can demonstrate their ability to make a contribution to the organisation is essential to your success. However, the process is costly in terms of time and resources and therefore it is critical that the process enables recognition and demonstration of the essential competencies required for the role.
There is an increasing demand to select people who demonstrate the specific competencies required and fit in with the wider context of working within the organisation and the demands of the future, we want to know do potential employees align with the organisation's values, and how effective are they when building relationships with colleagues and customers? A competency-based approach enables you to identify the actual performance required to make delivery of the job successful.
The Competency Based Approach
This method enables a candidate to how they would demonstrate certain behaviours/skills in the work place; by engaging in activities and answering questions designed to assess how they have reacted to and managed previous work place situations, and how they may behave in the future.
This practical two day Recruitment & Selection event will provide individuals with guidance in the skills and techniques essential to planning and conducting successful competency based selection interviews
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Developing Business Awareness
This graduate development programme has been designed to enable you to understand what the business values, and to provide you with the skills, behaviours techniques and tools required to make a successful contribution to the business.
Every business situation is unique – and tomorrow, will bring another change. Competitors, suppliers and customers are constantly making decisions and acting to maximise their efficiency and effectiveness and align to changing environments. Your success depends on your ability to respond to the changes required and add value.
This programme has been designed to provide you with a toolkit of business survival techniques by being more aware of your options you will be armed with choices and skills to make valuable contributions to a variety of situations. You will work efficiently (doing things right) and effectively (doing the right things). This training programme is aimed at new entrants, graduates, and field based employees/remote teams
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