Succession Planning, Talent Recruitment and Management

Course description and benefits

This course covers how to put in place strategies to develop an effective workforce. It includes how to recruit talented employees, from identifying competent candidates to setting the right incentives to attract them to an organization. It also covers how to manage employees once they are part on the organization, and help them develop the skills that they might need to advance in an organization.

Who will benefit

• Human resources executives
• General managers
• Senior executives
• Project managers
• Management consultants
• NGO executives

Course outline

This course will cover the key components of succession

planning, talent recruitment and management:

• The importance of workforce development strategies
• The relationship between business development and human resources
• Identifying and attracting talent
• Identifying successors and career planning
• The roles and responsibilities of managers

Course outcomes

On completion of this course, participants will:

• Understand the importance of a workforce development strategy.

• Be able to design a plan to identify and retain competent staff.
• Know how to develop future organization leaders.

Course format

The course is a combination of classroom time and learning workshops. Classroom sessions are intensive and participative and will include a variety of approaches including lectures, group discussions and practical exercises. A number of guest lectur­ers will also make presentations, aiding the overall learning experience.

Presenters

The course presenters will include top-level industry experts and practitioners.

Course materials

In addition to comprehensive course notes, participants will be provided with course bags, core textbooks and a notebook.

Tea break and lunch will also be provided.