Personal Leadership and Human Resource Management Archives

August 23

1 day

Cultural Dimensions of Negotiation in Africa

This module will provide participants with the skills they shall require to secure value for their organizations through a mastery of negotiation. It shall also equip them with the skills they require to close deals in Africa that might otherwise fail, enhance value in the agreements they reach, and resolve differences before they result in [...]

February 22

1 day

Managing People in Africa

This module will equip you with the skills, strategies, and tools to lead organisations in Africa as well as integrate with the cultural norms and expanded leadership responsibilities to enable you to guide your organisation effectively. You shall also learn how to define a direction, influence other leaders in your organisation, attain organisational alignment, and [...]

August 9

3 days

Refining your Interpersonal Skills

The complexity of today’s business environment elevates the critical place of effective communication and good interpersonal relationships in the workplace. In the face of economic uncertainties, a surge in the virtual aspect of business, an increase in the intricacy of expectations of stakeholders and competition styles, relationship management has drastically changed from what it used [...]

October 27

4 days over 2 weeks (Wednesday & Friday)

Workplace Conflict Management & Resolution Skills

Conflicts are inevitable in every human relationship. They are a natural feature of human communication that managers often have to deal with among their employees on a daily basis. Conflicts need not be seen as negative; however, if not resolved effectively, they can have devastating effects on employee morale, productivity, and customer relations. On the [...]

August 17

6 days over 3 weeks (Tuesday & Friday)

Authentic Leadership

The volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous business environment presents unique challenges for organisations that want to ensure longevity. Today, the preeminent factor in ensuring long-term business survival is leadership: decisive, accountable and strategic leadership. People with the ability to create and sustain engaging business climates for harnessing the thoughts and ideas of others, to navigate [...]

October 26

3 days over 3 weeks (Tuesday)

Leadership in Health and Safety Management

Health and Safety Management has moved from being a reactive programme about procedures, concerns about merely avoiding injuries and compliance with legislation. It has become a proactive, forward-looking enabler of sustainable competitiveness through astute assessment and management of risks and an organisational culture that behaviourally conditions staff to be ethical and highly- empowered value creators. [...]

November 1

5 days

Executive Team Leadership

Globalisation, economic uncertainty, stiff competition and the general complexities of today’s business are compelling CEOs to depend on inter-disciplinary diversity-based strategic thinking for organisational success. Consequently, teamwork has become an indispensable organisational tool for developing and managing strategies required to successfully tackle today’s global challenges. Teaming behaviours exhibited at the executive level dictates the level [...]

September 13

5 days over 5 weeks (Thursday)

Mastering Human Resources Management

In 2014, a Boston Consulting Group interview of CEOs worldwide proved that talent management would be the number one business priority in the next 10 years. Employee engagement was second and was followed by leadership. Details of this survey and how to meet these priorities demand an enhanced role for Human Resources (HR) professionals. Increasingly, [...]

June 1

4 days over 2 weeks (Tuesday & Thursday)

Advanced HR Management

For a long time, the HR function had to struggle to get a seat in the boardroom of their organisations. Today, the issue is different. Now that the HR function has a seat, the question is “What does and what should HR bring into the room?”. Related to these are questions around how HR could [...]

April 20

3 days over 3 weeks (Thursday)

Winning Skills and Tools for Negotiation

Negotiation is a pervasive activity that permeates all spheres of human endeavour. Particularly, within the realms of international relations, labour management relations, international and domestic trade, equipment sourcing, peacemaking with host communities, marketing of organisational products/services and the development of various forms of strategic alliances etc.; negotiation becomes a compulsory activity that people must undertake. [...]

August 24

6 days over 3 weeks (Tuesday & Saturday)

Winning with Influencing and Assertiveness Skills

Increased intercultural interaction and diversity – a consequence of globalisation and the attendant virtual nature of today’s work across national and cultural boundaries – is drawing attention to the intercultural dimensions of interpersonal and cross-organisational communication. Over time, the workplace has witnessed a multiplicity of generations. Managing and relating across these various generations of the [...]

June 30

3 days over 3 weeks (Friday)

Employment Law and Industrial Relations

In a constantly changing, knowledge-based and conflict-prone national and global economy, managing employer-employee relations is critical on many levels. Getting the best out of human capital is equally critical to value creation and winning against competition. Society is becoming more conscious of legal rights while regulations and legal tripwires are steadily exploding. Employment relations framework [...]

June 15

6 days over 3 weeks (Tuesday & Friday)

Building and Leading the 21st Century Team

As business and social environments continue to evolve, and as organisations grapple with economic uncertainty, competition and ever-increasing customer expectations, the workplace dynamics have considerably changed from what they used to be. With new approaches to relationships and a deliberate collapse of organisational hierarchies, the task of getting people (of different backgrounds) to work together [...]