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Building Influence as a Key Human Resource Management (HRM) Professional

Advance your HR role from operational to strategic, gaining influence and building trust with this four-week course.

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Building Influence as a Key Human Resource Management (HRM) Professional

337 enrolled on this course

  • 3 weeks

  • 5 hours per week

  • Digital certificate when eligible

  • Intermediate level

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Elevate your professional career with The University of Lincoln

Embark on a transformative three-week course led by the University of Lincoln with a curriculum tailored for Human Resource (HR) professionals eager to elevate from operational roles to strategic positions.

This course is your gateway to Strategic Human Resource Management (HRM), enhancing your professional growth, and achieving organisational goals through effective influencing skills.

Boost your influence in strategic human resource management (HRM)

Begin the course by delving into how strategic HRM practices can significantly support the organisational goals.

Led by HEA and CIPD accredited tutors with extensive senior management experience, the programme stands out as a guidepost for HR professionals seeking to ascend to higher echelons of their career.

Cultivate professional growth and strategic insight

You’ll learn to work closely with leaders and managers, developing an understanding of the strategic importance of HR practices in driving organisational success.

This course empowers you to build a solid foundation in influencing skills that are crucial for fostering credibility and trust within your organisation.

Forge powerful relationships with credibility and trust

You’ll engage in reflective learning, focusing on your ethics, values, and interpersonal skills. This critical self-examination ensures that you’re able to handle the intricacies of ethical management which in turn positively contributes to your organisation’s culture and environment.

By the end of the course, you’ll have the tools to make you a confident and influential HR professional.

Leaving you with long lasting techniques that help you build powerful relationships within your organisation by enhancing your credibility and influence.

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Skip to 0 minutes and 2 seconds It is often difficult for HR operational staff to transition to a more strategic and senior role. This course is designed to help you take this step forward in your career, supporting this transition from operational to strategic HR by understanding where value can be added and building your personal confidence and credibility.

Skip to 0 minutes and 23 seconds Within this course, learners will examine their own approaches in interpersonal and influencing skills, as well as reflecting on their own ethics and values. The course provides a method for honing and upskilling these areas which can put into practice with immediate effect in the workplace, helping you to take steps forward in your career. The aims of this course are to evaluate how effective HRM can support the achievement of organisational goals, explore ethical management principles and the importance of evidence-based decision making. Explore how key approaches can help build credibility and influence with senior leaders

Skip to 1 minute and 2 seconds Across the next three weeks, we will look at the following topics. Week 1 Who’s expecting what from you as an HR professional? Week 2 The skills, knowledge and behaviours required. Week 3 Building credibility, trust and influence You will explore key concepts, develop and deepen your knowledge, and build your understanding across these areas. For this course, it’s helpful for learners to have experience in or an awareness of human resource management. However, there is no specific prior knowledge required before joining the course, just an eagerness to learn and an open mind. If you are looking to take a step forward in your HRM career or develop your confidence and influencing skills, then this course is for you.

Skip to 1 minute and 45 seconds Join this course now and take that first step towards your career development and progression. We look forward to working with you.

Syllabus

  • Week 1

    Who is expecting what from you as an HR Professional?

    • Welcome & Course Overview

      This activity provides you an overview of the course as well as wider information about the content learned in Week 1.

    • What is the role of HR and why is it important?

      This activity looks at the importance of the role of HR, helping you to identify the different activities you undertake, their value, and any barriers that you many need to overcome.

    • Identifying key stakeholders and their expectations of HR

      This activity involves identifying and mapping key stakeholders so that you can establish effective communication and strategies to best meet their needs and interests and supports effective project delivery.

    • What type of HR professional are you?

      During this activity, you will reflect on your own practice and experience as a HR professional, thinking about your own competencies and how you can build towards a more strategic approach to HRM.

    • Summary

      This activity provides you with a summary of learning for Week 1.

  • Week 2

    The skills, knowledge and behaviours required of HR Professionals

    • Week 2 Overview

      In this step you will gain an overview of the learning content for Week 2

    • The skills, knowledge, and behaviour required

      During this activity, you will reflect on the different skills, knowledge and behaviours required to become an effective and influential HR professional.

    • What is business acumen and why does it matter?

      During this activity, you will learn about the importance of business acumen in supporting effective HRM, completing a practical exercise that will provide an actionable approach to implementing this within your organisation.

    • The importance of evidence-based decision making

      This activity demonstrates the value of evidence-based decision making and encourages you to think about how you implement it within your own practice.

    • Week 2 Summary

      This activity provides you with a summary of learning for Week 2.

  • Week 3

    Building credibility, trust, and influence

    • Week 3 Overview

      In this step you will gain an overview of the learning content for Week 3.

    • The Ethics of HR

      This activity explores the ethics that underpin HR, looking at the CIPD Code of Conduct and Ethics, and encouraging you to reflect upon your own ethics.

    • The importance of self-awareness and authenticity?

      During this activity, you will learn about the importance of self-awareness and authenticity within leadership.

    • Collaboration and working to achieve through others

      This activity focuses on collaboration and provides approaches to collaborating with colleagues and line managers to effective achieve through others.

    • Reflection and Forward Planning

      This activity provides an opportunity to reflect on your practice and make a plan going forwards.

    • Week 3 Summary

      This activity gives you a summary of your learning for Week 3 and for the course as a whole.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Evaluate how effective Human Resource Management can support the achievement of organisational goals.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the skills, behaviours and attributes required by Human Resource professionals to add value.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of ethical management principles and the importance of evidence-based decision making.
  • Explain how key approaches can help build credibility and influence with senior leaders.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for HR professionals ready to step into strategic roles.

This course is also ideal for junior managers seeking senior positions.

Who will you learn with?

Who developed the course?

University of Lincoln

The University of Lincoln is proud to be ranked as a Top 3 University in the WhatUni University of the Year 2024 awards, as well as a triple-gold institution in the latest Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023.

  • Established

    1996
  • Location

    Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK

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