Many human resources professionals begin their HR careers with simple tasks, such as responding to emails and answering phone calls.
Many human resources professionals begin their HR careers with simple tasks, such as responding to emails and answering phone calls. But as we develop and grow as HR managers, we can approach our jobs with more foresight and planning, forecasting tasks and responsibilities with more strategies in mind.
In this course, you will learn how to evaluate your current talent, identify skill gaps using metrics to measure success, and align your company’s culture, mission and objectives with an engaged and well-trained team.
We will examine areas of human resources to audit and align. You’ll also learn steps and strategies for creating and implementing a human capital review process, which is critical to succession planning and forecasting future workforce needs.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand external recruiting
- Uncover key strategies for talent review
- Understand performance management and development
- Navigate policies and procedures
- Create succession plans and manage transitions
Skills you’ll gain
HR ConsultingHR ScorecardHuman Resource StrategyHuman Resources ConceptsHuman Resource PlanningProfessional in Human ResourcesWhat You'll Learn
- Evaluate current talent and inventory employee skills using metrics to identify skill gaps
- Conduct talent reviews and identify high performers within the organization
- Apply performance management and development through personal development plans and mentoring
- Create succession plans and manage leadership succession and transition
- Align company culture, mission, and objectives with an engaged and well-trained team
- Forecast internal and external workforce supply and demand using talent analytics
Key Takeaways
- As HR professionals develop into managers, they can approach the role with more foresight, planning, and strategy rather than only handling simple tasks like emails and phone calls.
- Implementing a human capital review process is critical to succession planning and forecasting future workforce needs.
- Strategic HR involves auditing and aligning areas of human resources with company objectives.
- Inclusion and diversity can be used to engage employees and align engagement with strategic goals.
- Auditing technology, collecting and analyzing data, and assessing talent analytics help evaluate organizational effectiveness.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in the Strategic Human Resources Series?
You will learn how to evaluate current talent, identify skill gaps using metrics, align company culture, mission, and objectives with an engaged team, and create and implement a human capital review process. The course also covers external recruiting, talent review strategies, performance management and development, navigating policies and procedures, and creating succession plans while managing transitions.
Who is this course for?
It is designed for human resources professionals who want to move beyond simple tasks and approach their roles with more foresight, planning, and strategy as HR managers.
Does this course cover succession planning?
Yes. It teaches steps and strategies for creating and implementing a human capital review process, which is critical to succession planning, and includes lessons on planning for succession and leadership succession and transition management.
What skills does this course help develop?
The course focuses on HR Consulting, the HR Scorecard, Human Resource Strategy, Human Resources Concepts, Human Resource Planning, and Professional in Human Resources.
Does the course address workforce forecasting?
Yes. It covers forecasting internal and external workforce supply as well as forecasting workforce demand, along with emerging trends and their relation to HR.
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Welcome to KnowledgeCity's course: Strategic Human Resources. A typical day in human resources involves managing many unexpected tasks, along with posting jobs, screening applicants, reviewing employee documents, responding to questions, onboarding employees, and more. In order to be effective, it's important to approach your position as strategically as possible. In this course, we'll examine areas of human resources to audit and align, including: external recruiting, talent review, performance management, technology, development, and policies and procedures. You'll also learn steps and strategies for creating and implementing a human capital review process which is critical to succession planning and forecasting future workforce needs. Let's get started.
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