Introduction
This program, designed by Global Horizon Training Center, highlights the key areas of strategic change required for any world-class HR function to succeed in today’s competitive and rapidly evolving business environment.
The program focuses on ten critical HR activities and introduces innovative approaches, modern tools, and strategic frameworks to maximize efficiency, effectiveness, and value creation within the HR function. Participants will gain practical insights into transforming HR from a traditional administrative role into a dynamic, business-driven function that contributes directly to organizational success.
Objectives
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Prioritize HR activities and identify value-driving functions
- Maximize manpower utilization and organizational efficiency
- Develop strategic action plans that deliver measurable cost savings
- Apply modern HR strategic models and frameworks
- Utilize predictive forecasting in HR planning
- Enhance succession planning effectiveness while reducing costs
- Apply business process re-engineering techniques within HR and across the organization
- Identify and improve key HR processes to increase overall performance
Target Audience
- HR Managers and Senior HR Professionals
- Organizational Development and Change Management Specialists
- Training and Talent Development Managers
- HR Business Partners and Strategic Advisors
- Professionals involved in organizational transformation and HR strategy
Outlines
Day 1: HR as the Strategic Partner
Day 2: Making HR Effective – 10 Decisive Actions
- Redesigning the HR structure for maximum efficiency
- The future shape of HR departments
- Understanding value creation in HR
- Manpower planning using predictive techniques
- Downsizing vs. right-sizing strategies
- Optimizing organizational structures and productivity
- Supervisor-to-employee ratio optimization
Day 3: Advances in Recruitment, Training & Performance Optimization
- Modern recruitment strategies and behavioral approaches
- Enhancing selection through testing and profiling
- Advanced interviewing techniques
- Training efficiency models and value-based learning
- Evaluating training effectiveness and ROI
- Costing and prioritizing training investments
- Improving reward systems and compensation strategies
- Case studies on performance and talent optimization
Day 4: Performance, Competence & Succession Planning
- Setting and measuring performance standards
- Predictive forecasting in performance management
- Competency frameworks and measurement techniques
- Improving performance appraisal systems
- Maximizing value from training and development
- Strategic succession planning approaches
- Personal Development Plans (PDP)
- Tools and systems for performance and talent management
Day 5: Business Process Re-engineering & HR ROI
- Introduction to Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
- Mapping and redesigning HR processes
- Case studies: organizational transformation
- Measuring HR efficiency and value creation
- HR Return on Investment (ROI) models
- Practical applications of HR analytics
- Program review and action planning
About Amsterdam
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, is a popular destination amongst travelers from all around the world. Once just a little fishing village, Amsterdam is now a major international city after having become an important port during the 1600s. Throughout its history, the city has had many famous residents, including artists, philosophers and other historical figures. There is much to discover along Amsterdam's quaint streets and picturesque canals. So much so that a flight to Amsterdam comes with a guarantee of cultural and historical attractions that will provide memories to last a lifetime. Amsterdam is a hotbed of culture for travelers of all ages and tastes.
Things to do and places to visit in Amsterdam
From the moment passengers step off their flight to Amsterdam, they will find it a friendly city with a lively atmosphere. Its flat geography means that it is perfect for exploring by bicycle. If you're feeling less active, it the city is also well-served by public transport. The so-called Venice of the North has something for every visitor. Culture vultures have museums, galleries and theaters to see, Families can visit the zoo or the Science Center NEMO.
When visiting Amsterdam, be sure to:
- See the picture-perfect and colorful houses of the Grachtengordel district.
- See the iconic works of one of Holland's most famous artists at the Van Gogh Museum.
- Visit the house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis.
- Browse through the extensive collection of fantastic art in the Rijksmusem.
- Wander through the blaze of colors that is the Singel Flower Market.
- See the city at a leisurely pace on a canal cruise.
- Marvel at one of the city's many historic churches.
- Learn about life aboard a ship at the National Maritime Museum.
- Discover the Begijnhof's well-preserved medieval architecture.
- See animals of all kinds, as well as the butterfly pavilion and aquarium, at the Artis Zoo.