Course description
The People Management Accredited Programme will support you to develop your confidence as a people manager and to gain the knowledge you require to ensure the success and wellbeing of your team. You will cover all aspects of the employee lifecycle, including defining team skills needs, policies and procedures, performance, developing people, supporting well-being, and inclusion and diversity.
The programme gives you an overview of the standards of the Profession Map that are most relevant to people managers. It will equip you, as a line manager, with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively lead a team.
You will be introduced to case studies from practitioners around the world who share great examples of practice that you could replicate or adapt in your own work environment. It will also provide you with access to downloadable resources and a learning community of like-minded professionals that will support your practice during and beyond the end of the programme.
The hub will house your course content, as well as useful resources, tools, and a community of professionals that you can tap into to support your learning and continual development.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Is this course right for me?
This programme is relevant if you are a line manager who manages at least one person or a small team in your organisation. It is perfect if you are new to line management or only have a few years' experience and wish to grasp the fundamentals of people practice. It's also an effective refresher if you are an established manager or wish to demonstrate and validate existing expertise.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
This course will enable you to:
- define the employee lifecycle and map your work to each stage
- list laws, regulations and organisation policies you need to be aware of in your work, and know how to keep up to date with them
- define workforce planning and how it can benefit organisations
- identify how workforce planning works in your organisation (or one that you know well)
- define performance management, its role within an organisation and the approach your organisation takes
- set SMART objectives and use motivational theories to motivate different people to perform at their best
- explain what wellbeing in the workplace is and why it's important
- list factors affecting well-being in the workplace and ways you can support the wellbeing of your team
- explain what is meant by inclusion and diversity
- articulate how creating an inclusive and diverse workplace benefits organisations and individuals, including the impact of discrimination and exclusion
- list actions you can take to ensure your team and organisation are inclusive
- define the main characteristics of an effective team in your context: trust, good communication and accountability
- explain emotional intelligence and why it's important for effective teamwork
- explain how to handle conflict in a team
- identify your current key stakeholders and practice stakeholder mapping using different models
- describe at least one model of influencing and list the main characteristics of effective communication
- define the terms of facilitation, consulting, coaching and mentoring, and identify how you can use each effectively in your role as manager
- list examples of facilitation, consulting, mentoring and coaching techniques, models and skills, as appropriate
- define employer brand and why it's important
- explain how you can affect employer brand in your role as a manager
By the end of this programme, you'll be able to:
- effectively support your team throughout all stages of the employee lifecycle
- manage your team in accordance with relevant laws and policies
- inform and contribute to your organisational workforce planning
- enable your team members to perform at their best
- assess the current levels of well-being and identify interventions to improve it
- embrace and leverage the opportunities and challenges that come with an inclusive workplace
- assess your team dynamic to create an honest reflection of the current state
- use facilitation, consulting, coaching and mentoring techniques to support the development of your team and to work effectively with stakeholders.
Training Course Content
- The employee lifecycle
- Policy and law
- Workforce planning
- Performance management
- Wellbeing
- Inclusion and diversity
- Effective teamwork
- Stakeholders and influencing
- Facilitation, coaching and mentoring
Course delivery details
You can complete this programme in your own time and at your own pace, but we estimate that it will take between 50 and 70 hours of learning
You will be able to access the course for 12 months from purchase and the CIPD Learning Hub will remain accessible to you for 24 months.
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Expenses
Course Price: £1765 + VAT