HR Strategy Excellence

Courses Syllabus

Course Overview

This immersive HR Strategy Excellence course provides a strategic-to-operational perspective on performance within organizations. Through interactive sessions and expert-led discussions, participants will explore modern approaches to performance, engagement, and culture — all critical for organizational success.
You will journey from high-level strategic HR thinking down to actionable individual-level interventions, building a robust understanding of how to drive sustainable performance across your organization.

Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Design and align performance management strategies with business goals
• Identify and address common challenges in employee performance.
• Understand and apply the full performance and engagement cycle.
• Integrate effective recruitment, selection, induction, and disciplinary practices.
• Leverage organizational culture and emotional intelligence to drive results.
• Build competency frameworks and implement coaching cultures.
• Examine motivational drivers, including reward systems and non-monetary factors.
• Create practical, customized action plans for immediate workplace application.

Course Agenda

Day One

Performance Management Foundations

• Performance Management Strategy
• Common Challenges with Performance Management
• The Performance Cycle
• Effective Ways to Improve Performance
• The Employee Engagement Cycle

Day Two

Recruitment, Induction, and Culture

• Recruitment and Selection Best Practices
• Building Effective Induction Programs
• Managing Discipline and Grievance
• Shaping Organizational Culture and Driving Change

Day Three

Capability and Coaching

• Understanding the Competency Concept
• Developing a Coaching Culture in HR
• Emotional Intelligence in Performance Management
• Reward and its Strategic Impact on Performance

Day Four

Motivation and Engagement

• Defining Acceptable Performance Standards
• Evolving Role of Employment Culture
• Understanding the Role of Money in Motivation
• Exploring the 3 Drivers of Performance

Day Five

Review and Action Planning

• Summary of Key Learning Points
• Personalized Action Planning Session
• Post-Course Implementation Support