The HR Playbook For Startups and SMEs
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Set up the foundational HR practices that effectively drive performance and engagement, in just a month!
The HR Playbook For Startups and SMEs
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Set up the foundational HR practices that effectively drive performance and engagement, in just a month!
Course overview
Go from running behind your HR needs to driving performance in just 4 weeks!
Companies are made of people, and successful companies are made of successful people at every level of the organisation.
This hands-on course will help you lay the right HR foundations for greater performance and engagement in your organisation.
So wait no more and join our next cohort to set up YOUR organisation for success!
Note: This course focuses on building your HR capabilities. If you are a CEO, check out this page instead: https://bit.ly/PeopleStrategyForFounders
Who is this course for
01
You are the (acting) HR manager of a startup or SME, and genuinely care about building a best in class organisation and a positive workplace
02
You have 10-100 employees and you struggle to set up the right foundations fast enough to ensure utmost efficiency and employee satisfaction
03
You are sick of people complaining about the lack of HR support, you lose sleep over the amount of work you have and urgently need help!
In this course you will…
🗺️ Gain clarity on what really matters and where your focus should be
Offering free food and organising movie nights are nice, but this is not what makes a "great company to work for". In this course, you will learn to prioritise impact over nice-to-have and build an effective roadmap to implement change where most needed.
⚒️ Learn how to create lean and efficient processes, that are adapted to YOU!
To work well, HR processes must be designed to serve your organisation, your needs, your culture. After debunking a few myths around org design, you will discover HR models better suited to startups and SMEs, and learn how to design the right frameworks for YOUR teams.
💡 Get actionable tips and ready-to-use templates
You will have access to proven frameworks and a variety of templates allowing you to take action right after each module and accelerate the development of your organisational foundations.
💪 Go from admin support to strategic partner in less than 30 days
In this course, you will learn how to drive change, how to communicate efficiently and how to facilitate key People Strategy discussions with management to address organisational needs in a timely and adapted manner.
🚀 Unleash the secret weapons that really drive performance
It is no secret, HR does NOT "manage" performance. Managers do. But HR is responsible for equipping everyone with the right tools, information and skills to perform. And a company where HR takes on that duty has a serious competitive advantage! In this course, you will learn how.
The HR Playbook For Startups and SMEs
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Meet your instructor
Anne Caron
People Strategy Speaker, Author & Mentor | Ex-Google
Over the years, I have advised hundreds of founders and HR managers on how to do build positive and performing organisations that scale, whether one-to-one or as a mentor for accelerator programmes such as Google For Startups, AWS or Accelerating Asia.
And if there is one thing I learnt, it is that building the right organisation on time is not as easy as it seems, especially in the case of startups and SMEs!
I’m building this course because most HR professionals in small organisations do not have the time, the experience and/or the authority to develop the models that the business really needs to thrive.
So if you’re an early stage startup (or SME) HR Manager and you need help to get your HR foundations in place, then this course is for you.
I come with 10 years at Google in various HR leadership roles across EMEA and APAC, and another 8 years supporting tech startups and SMEs in building their People Strategy.
Through the years, I have developed a practical methodology on how to build the right organisation for your startup from the start, which I describe in my book From Zero to 1,000: The Organisational Playbook For Startups.
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Course syllabus
01
Identify your needs and prioritise impact
In this module, you will learn why HR does matter –even for a small organisation, what you should build (or not), and in which order.
At the end of this module, you will
✅ Make the difference between nice-to-have and must-have
✅ Act on today's priorities AND build for what the business needs tomorrow
✅ Have a HR roadmap for the next 12 months
02
Develop a positive and authentic Company Culture
In this module, you will learn what good looks like and how to set up a positive and long-lasting company culture.
At the end of this module, you will
✅ Understand what are the strengths and weaknesses of your current culture
✅ Have fixes for the missing components
✅ Have an implementation and communication plan
03
Build lean and adapted HR systems for your organisation
In this module, you will learn how to develop the RIGHT processes for YOUR company.
At the end of this module, you will
✅ Have spotted missing or ill-suited HR processes & policies in your company
✅ Build processes that actually boost performance and promote your culture
✅ Have templates to replace the old-fashion and inefficient Employee Handbook
04
Activate the hiring systems that bring A-Players
In this module, you will design the right processes to hire the right people in the right roles at the right time!
At the end of this module, you will
✅ Be on top of your hiring needs (Manpower Plan + Hiring Brief + ATS)
✅ Ace all interviews (Interview forms & guidelines + Question bank)
✅ Set up all new joiners for utmost success (Templates)
05
Set up an attractive compensation framework
In this module, you will discover what really drives motivation & performance, and learn how to build lean yet effective compensation frameworks.
At the end of this module, you will
✅ Get rid of ineffective Comp&Ben systems
✅ Set up an easy-to-run Appraisal process (Templates provided)
✅ Use effective ways to drive initiatives (Templates provided)
06
Drive performance in the teams from your HR seat
In this module, you will design efficient performance management frameworks that work for YOUR company.
At the end of this module, you will
✅ Develop effective objective systems (OKR & KPI templates provided)
✅ Focus on HR initiatives that really improve engagement in the teams
✅ Implement simple and cost-effective L&D tools (templates provided)
Course schedule
4-6 hours per week
Orientation
Live session - 45min
Fri, Sep 15th at 11am - 11.45am SGT
Meet your instructors, your cohort and let’s get ready to start!
Monday & Wednesday: Workshops
Live session - 1.5 hours
Mondays & Wednesdays at 11am - 12.30pm SGT
Each workshop is interactive and designed to allow for questions, practice and feedback.
At the end of each workshop, you'll have homework for the next session.
Friday: Ask Me Anything sessions
Live session - 45 minutes
Fridays at 11am - 11.45am SGT
3 sessions across the 4 weeks.
These sessions don't have a specific agenda, other than providing feedback on your work and answering your questions. They're casual, open-ended and insightful!
Graduation
Live session - 1.5 hours
Wed, Oct 11th 11am - 12.30pm SGT
A good plan needs to be communicated, and you'll learn that too!
During the last session you'll present your plan to the group and get constructive feedback.
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
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