HR Professionals Program - Czech Republic
Wednesday, October 15, 2008, Prague, Czech Republic
HR Professionals Program
October 15-18, 2008
Prague, Czech Republic
Hotel Adalbert
The HR field is constantly changing, putting new demands on you as an HR professional. These new demands require new tools and knowledge.
The four-day HR Professionals Program gives you new models and a practical set of tools for enhancing your HR department and making a greater strategic impact in your company. Best practices in Human Resources will be shared.
The program will allow you to present an HR issue that you’re facing. During the program, you will discuss solutions and suggestions from HR professors and peers across industries.
Topics of the HR Professionals Program include:
- Change Management
- Learning and Talent Development
- Strategic Interviewing
- Talent Management
- Rewarding and Retaining Talent
- Linking HR and Organizational Strategy
Who should attend?
- Mid and senior-level HR executives
- General managers who recognize the importance of HR to business success
PROGRAM
Day One: October 15, 2008
Day One of the HR Professionals Program focuses on creating a big picture HR strategy for an organization while solving common strategy dilemmas. Discover the application of best practices in attracting talent and talent management and the interdependence between talent and strategy. HR competencies such as leadership, strategic vision and ethical decision-making are emphasized.
Benefits Gained:
- Solutions to common HR strategy dilemmas
- Development of HR competencies
- Best practice application to your organization
- Creation of a talent management strategy
- Ideas for integrating HR decisions
Day Two: October 16, 2008
Day Two examines the strategic priority of talent retention and development. We’ll focus on the identification of high priority talent that exists in your organization and tools for inspiring and keeping them motivated. You’ll learn tools and a case study methodology for creating competitive advantage through engaging talent. Specific topics explored include: motivation, career development, coaching, learning, training and retention.
Benefits Gained:
- Plan for talent retention
- Framework for motivation and inspiration of key talent
- Ideas for implementing learning and development
Day Three: October 17, 2008
Day Three focuses on change management. We’ll focus on leadership development, strategies and tactics for creating a performance management culture and managing cultural change in your organization. Next, we’ll explore ways to assess organizational readiness for change and tactics for handling resistance to change. Finally, we’ll discuss ways to create engagement and achieve organizational alignment.
Benefits Gained:
- Plan for leadership change
- Tools for creating a performance management culture
- Tactics for overcoming resistance to change
- Ideas for creating employee engagement
Day Four: October 18, 2008
Day Four is all about hiring and people development. In the morning sessions, we’ll discuss ways to build an organizational culture for competitive advantage. You’ll learn best practices for recruitment and selection, as well as for coaching and mentoring. The afternoon of day two day will feature a workshop on strategic interviewing. We’ll look at characteristics of good selection tools and learn how to write good interview questions.
Benefits Gained:
- Best practices for recruitment and selection
- Methodologies for coaching and mentoring
- Roadmap for a superior interviewing process
For more information on the HR Professionals Program, please email Sharolyn Arnett at sarnett@umich.edu, or visit: HR Professionals Program