The Directors Role for People and Culture (HR for non-HR Directors)
As employee experience takes centre stage in 2024 with the top priorities in this arena of:
- Leader and manager development
- Organisational culture
- HR technology
- Change management
- Career management and internal mobility
This sets the context for the requirement for Directors to focus on building the right workplace culture accelerated by the Environmental, Social and Governance agenda.
By attending this course, you will gain invaluable insights from industry experts into new ways of working, innovative concepts and the latest theories that can be applied instantly on returning to your own organisation. The programme will give you the essential knowledge, skills and confidence to improve your performance as a director and, in turn, the performance of the Board. Equipping directors with the knowledge and skills to understand and assess key people and culture concepts, analysis and reports, the course will provide participants with the ability to confidently evaluate the cultural position of their organisation.
The programme provides clarity and support to Directors around their role and responsibilities giving participants the ability to lead more strategically, highlighting the role of the Director of the Board in the formation, mapping and execution of their people and cultural strategy. Through reference to leading research, current examples of best practice and case studies, this course will explore how to create, develop and deliver people strategies that achieve organisational objectives and deliver real value for the organisation.
Through the knowledge and experience of the course leader and your peers, you will be encouraged to consider your own role alongside the Board, discussing relevant issues, challenges and solutions.
Course Summary
2 Day
Location:
Virtual Central London Central Manchester
Delivery Method and Price:
Virtual Classroom:
£1,200
Face to Face Classroom:
£1,400
About Us
About the Programme
The programme provides clarity and support to Directors around their role and responsibilities giving participants the ability to lead more strategically, highlighting the role of the Director of the Board in the formation, mapping and execution of their people and cultural strategy. Through reference to leading research, current examples of best practice and case studies, this course will explore how to create, develop and deliver people strategies that achieve organisational objectives and deliver real value for the organisation.
This module is for directors, business leaders and senior professionals who are required to lead people and develop their organisational culture but have had little or no formal training within the fields of Human Resources, Organisational Development and Learning and Development. We recommend that participants have a minimum three-five years of senior management experience.
On completion of this programme, delegates will:
- Clearly understand the board and director’s role in people strategy development
- Be able to design and manage a process for successful strategic organisational change
- Understand the range of tools and techniques in the delivery of a strategic people plan
- Develop skills in organisation cultural development and an increased awareness for what should be expected from senior leaders in the organisation
- Develop the ability to lead more strategically, and to evaluate personal impact on the organisation and in the accomplishment of organisational objectives
Session 1
Key themes include:
- Director Responsibilities
- Companies Act
- Ethical Governance and People
- Complaints, Whistleblowing and Speaking Up
Session 2
Key themes include:
- People Strategy
- Working with HR, OD and L&D
- Challenge and support in the Boardroom
- Recent corporate success and failure
Session 3
Key themes include:
- Culture and Strategy
- Values
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusions
- Employee wellbeing and experience
Session 4
Key themes include:
- Organisational change
- Strategic workforce planning; incl. insourcing/outsourcing
- Technological developments; AI
- Reflective leadership incl. coaching and mentoring
Whilst this programme is not linked to a formal qualification, it will contribute to the delegate’s ongoing personal and professional development.
This programme is a great additional module to the DDP Modules which are a part of the full Directors Development Programme.
Kerry Robinson
Tutor
Kerry describes herself as a hybrid professional working on the intersection of cultural development, improvement science and positive performance delivery. Kerry has a strategic focus, emphasising strategy into action through operational delivery.
Kerry’s career has spanned equally the private sector and NHS, having worked in logistics, food manufacturing, telecommunications and oil research across a range of technical disciplines. Kerry is a chartered management accountant, green belt six sigma improvement trained, Kings Fund Top Management Programme Alumni.
For 13 years Kerry was employed in the NHS, six years as a Board Director, also Senior Responsible Officer for MSK care in a forming integrated care system. Kerry’s portfolio has spanned strategy, organisational development, quality improvement, research, project management.
Kerry now has a portfolio career being both a practitioner and a trainer in her mix of consultancy and training work ensuring she stays up to date with current theory, context and practice. Kerry is also a sessional lecturer teaching improvement science and organisational development at Masters level for several universities.
Kerry has a strong belief in bringing training to life through practice to embed in the grain of their organisations.
Fitzroy Andrew
Tutor
Fitz’s 45-year career encompasses director and CEO-level experience since the mid-1990s, award-winning research, and strategic leadership and governance roles with agencies tackling some of society’s most complex challenges including sustainability, community development, and youth violence and knife crime.
His outlook combines enduring and related interests in leadership and inclusion, grounded in a belief that they are foundational to each other – creating inclusion requires leadership, and leadership at its best requires an inclusive approach. Fitz’s work incorporates open and bespoke programme design and facilitation, alongside leadership coaching.
Fitz continues to play a significant role at INPD as a key subject lead on inclusion, evolving a philosophy which goes beyond a more commonplace ‘EDI’ narrative.
William McKee
Tutor
Starting out as a civil engineer responsible for large infrastructure projects, William became fascinated with the people side of business. Now a qualified business psychologist, and executive coach, he aims to bring a refreshingly practical approach to culture, people and performance. Over the last 10 years, he has worked with leaders and managers in organisations like British Airways, the Met Office, Bombardier, the NHS and multiple local authorities. He also spent time supporting SMEs and start-ups as well as working in the Middle East with one of the world’s largest food producers. As a result, he can relate to a wide range of people and organisational contexts.
Credentials:
- Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and holds the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential
- Lecturer with Henley Business School, teaching on its Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching (PCEC) programme
- Holds a Team Coaching Certificate from the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC)
- Holds a foundation certificate in Nancy Kline’s Time to Think coaching method
- Recently interviewed for the book Coaching with Research in Mind on utilising psychometrics with coaching, as he aims to strike a balance between practical ‘rules of thumb’ and the latest evidence-based research.
David Smith-Collins
Tutor
David is an inspirational Executive Coach and Leadership Mentor with two decades of experience in people development. He is a Law Graduate (LLB), a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and he holds an MA in Coaching and Mentoring, a post graduate diploma in Criminology and an MA in Organisational Management and Economics.
David has worked with colleagues at all levels in organisations in sectors including petrochemicals, telecoms, IT, banking and finance, construction, aviation, higher education, ministry, transportation, security, military and customer service. He has a motivational and supportive coaching style.
With more than 30 years in policing, his career has involved strategic planning, performance delivery, security management, risk management and disaster recovery. He is an accomplished strategist. David has extensive experience of operating at a strategic level in public, private and third sector organisations, both in the UK and internationally, bringing a broad spectrum of knowledge, awareness and expertise across a wide range of subjects and disciplines.
Our dedicated In-House Training team can work with you to create a tailored training course that creates an optimal learning experience. Our bespoke built training programmes are designed around your needs and allow you to meet the specific requirements of your business.
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Is this course right for you?
- Understand more about people strategy
- Challenge people impacted proposals, business plans, projections and reports
- Analyse, interpret and evaluate key people data, organisational design and reports
- Review and assess the organisational health and position of an organisation in the context of internal and external challenges
- Better understand the cultural challenges within the business environment and apply best practice
- Ensure that HR planning is integrated into the strategic initiatives of the organisation
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are no prerequisites for any of our courses, however, we do recommend a minimum of three years’ experience in a senior management position for our leadership and management courses, such as the Directors Development Programme, Senior Leadership Programme, and Mini MBA
If you take our Directors Development Programme on an accredited basis, you will receive a PGCert, which contributes 60 points towards a Masters, and there are 180 points required for a full Masters.
You can find out more about our accreditations on our Qualifications page.
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