18 March 2024:
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With the future arriving at an ever-increasing speed, HR Directors are crying out for their HR teams to be able to shift from a transactional to a strategic approach. It’s not a case of “either/or”, it’s a case of “and”. HR Professionals at all levels of the company have to be able to operate in both modes so that they are well placed to support the workforce as they take the company into the future.
This masterclass features the following content:
1. Grasping the difference between transactional HR and strategic HR.
2. Developing a sound understanding of the organization’s mission, vision, values and strategic direction.
3. Letting go of the transactions
4. Developing strategic thinking and strategic foresight.
5. Becoming financially literate.
6. Growing your knowledge of industry and global trends.
7. Taking steps to migrate from transactional to strategic HR.
This masterclass features the following content:
1. Grasping the difference between transactional HR and strategic HR.
2. Developing a sound understanding of the organization’s mission, vision, values and strategic direction.
3. Letting go of the transactions
4. Developing strategic thinking and strategic foresight.
5. Becoming financially literate.
6. Growing your knowledge of industry and global trends.
7. Taking steps to migrate from transactional to strategic HR.
18 April 2024:
Content Breakdown
As stress, freedom of expression and a general lack of self-discipline become more prevalent in society and in the workplace, conflict, offensive and aggressive behaviour have increased. These have a dramatically negative effect on the morale of employees. If this is left to continue unchecked, it will result in low engagement and retention of positive and productive employees, causing them to exit the organisation, leaving uncommitted, unfocused employees. By learning how to manage conflict and address offensive and aggressive behaviour promptly, fairly and constructively, Team Leaders will not only prevent a toxic culture developing but will enhance productivity and profitability in all who report to them.
This masterclass features the following content:
1. Understanding the causes and nature of conflict.
2. Distinguishing between constructive conflict and destructive conflict.
3. How to recognise conflict and offensive and aggressive conduct.
4. The roles of self-esteem and assertiveness in conflict resolution.
5. Conflict resolution for “conflict averse” leaders.
6. 10 Tips for dealing with aggressive and offensive behaviour.
7. Creating a constructive and supportive culture in the workplace.
This masterclass features the following content:
1. Understanding the causes and nature of conflict.
2. Distinguishing between constructive conflict and destructive conflict.
3. How to recognise conflict and offensive and aggressive conduct.
4. The roles of self-esteem and assertiveness in conflict resolution.
5. Conflict resolution for “conflict averse” leaders.
6. 10 Tips for dealing with aggressive and offensive behaviour.
7. Creating a constructive and supportive culture in the workplace.
16 May 2024:
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In a world of increasing uncertainty and disruption, it is imperative that both team leaders and their team members are taught how to deal with such matters. Hoping that they will be able to do so is naïve. They won’t. They have to be helped to acquire these qualities. Agility, flexibility and resilience aren’t skills so they can’t be learned like one can learn skills. Delegates have to be taken through a process that helps them to want to acquire the qualities and gives them the means to do so.
This Masterclass features the following content:
1. What agility, flexibility and resilience are.
2. Understanding the shift from skills only to skills and qualities.
3. Why the need for people to embrace and display these qualities.
4. The new working equation: agility + flexibility = resilience
5. How to increase agility, flexibility and resilience.
6. What to expect from agile, flexible and resilient talent.
7. How agile, flexible and resilient people benefit your company.
This Masterclass features the following content:
1. What agility, flexibility and resilience are.
2. Understanding the shift from skills only to skills and qualities.
3. Why the need for people to embrace and display these qualities.
4. The new working equation: agility + flexibility = resilience
5. How to increase agility, flexibility and resilience.
6. What to expect from agile, flexible and resilient talent.
7. How agile, flexible and resilient people benefit your company.
13 June 2024:
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Any sportsperson playing a team sport will tell you that one of the secrets to winning is having the ability to read the game so that you are able to anticipate your opponent’s moves before they occur. To succeed in business, one also needs to develop an ability to read trends in order to get your company and its people aligned to take advantage of such trends. By understanding what workplace trends will emerge and/or dominate the workplace in 2024, you will take a lot of pressure of yourself and your people and position yourself for a highly successful year.
This masterclass features the following content:
1. Understanding the shift from technical expertise to emotional intelligence.
2. Unpacking the essence of empathy, sensitivity and resilience.
3. Why these qualities are leadership strengths and not weaknesses.
4. 10 Reasons why these qualities make great leaders.
5. What these qualities help you achieve.
6. How to use them to your advantage as a leader.
7. How to develop these qualities in yourself.
This masterclass features the following content:
1. Understanding the shift from technical expertise to emotional intelligence.
2. Unpacking the essence of empathy, sensitivity and resilience.
3. Why these qualities are leadership strengths and not weaknesses.
4. 10 Reasons why these qualities make great leaders.
5. What these qualities help you achieve.
6. How to use them to your advantage as a leader.
7. How to develop these qualities in yourself.
18 July 2024:
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Ever since technology first emerged in our lives, we humans have had a love/hate relationship with it. We love the convenience and power it gives us to get things done but we hate the fact that it is continually evolving, putting pressure on us to keep learning new ways of working with it. HR Professionals have a wonderful opportunity to humanise technology in the workplace and so enhance efficiency and effectiveness in their organisations.
This Masterclass features the following content:
1. Understanding the importance of humanising technology.
2. Key reasons why technology needs to become more human.
3. Identifying and releasing tasks once performed by humans.
4. What it means to humanise technology and the different ways technology is humanised.
5. Overcoming barriers to humanising technology.
6. Benefits of humanising technology.
7. Using technology more effectively in the HR environment.
This Masterclass features the following content:
1. Understanding the importance of humanising technology.
2. Key reasons why technology needs to become more human.
3. Identifying and releasing tasks once performed by humans.
4. What it means to humanise technology and the different ways technology is humanised.
5. Overcoming barriers to humanising technology.
6. Benefits of humanising technology.
7. Using technology more effectively in the HR environment.
24 October 2024:
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If you want your teams to remain agile when working or changing roles and responsibilities, not to mention face difficult challenges, if you want employees to flourish in their roles, manage stress and display resilience, you need to create a workplace that enables them to reach their highest potential. To do this, you have to create a mentally well workplace.
This masterclass features the following content:
1. What is mental wellness and why is it important
2. Understanding how mental wellness has evolved in the workplace.
3. Why mental wellness in the workplace has become such a business priority.
4. Benefits of a mentally well workplace.
5. How to handle employees grappling with mental health issues.
6. Creating an awareness of mental wellness in the workplace.
7. How to detoxify a toxic workplace and create a mentally healthy workplace.
This masterclass features the following content:
1. What is mental wellness and why is it important
2. Understanding how mental wellness has evolved in the workplace.
3. Why mental wellness in the workplace has become such a business priority.
4. Benefits of a mentally well workplace.
5. How to handle employees grappling with mental health issues.
6. Creating an awareness of mental wellness in the workplace.
7. How to detoxify a toxic workplace and create a mentally healthy workplace.
21 November 2024:
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With five generations in the workplace, Leaders and Managers now require an in-depth understanding of how to manage these very different groups to maximise their collaboration, teamwork and output. This highly interactive programme gives you a new perspective of how each generation thinks, what their priorities are, and how to inspire them to work together to create magic.
This Masterclass will help you:
1. Get a clear understanding of each of the five generations qualities;
2. Discover what shaped each generation’s world view;
3. Learn how to relate to each generation;
4. Find out what the different generations’ priorities are;
5. Understand each generation’s L&D needs are;
6. Discover how to leverage their priorities to get maximum performance; and
7. Learn how to get them most out of each generation.
This Masterclass will help you:
1. Get a clear understanding of each of the five generations qualities;
2. Discover what shaped each generation’s world view;
3. Learn how to relate to each generation;
4. Find out what the different generations’ priorities are;
5. Understand each generation’s L&D needs are;
6. Discover how to leverage their priorities to get maximum performance; and
7. Learn how to get them most out of each generation.