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Setting foundations designing the right jobs
Written by John Berry on 26th May 2019. Revised 1st November 2020.
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• Showing how to model a firm to capture all the necessary functions to be done;
• Showing how functions can be aggregated to form various different jobs;
• Teaching how to design jobs for maximum motivational effect;
• Identifying the purpose and primary responsibilities and accountabilities in each job; and
• Beginning to determine the characteristics of the people who will excel in those jobs as preparation for Webinar 3.
A new approach for recruitment & selection age
Written by John Berry on 26th May 2019. Revised 1st November 2020.
1 min read
• Reviewing the current approach to recruitment and selection;
• Identifying exactly where and how this old approach is broken;
• Underpinning the new approach, starting with job purpose;
• Building the new approach as a process from job to jobholder; and
• Illustrating the elements of the process, setting the scene for other webinars.
Planning & implementing organisational up skilling
Written by John Berry on 26th May 2019. Revised 1st November 2020.
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This webinar/video is about how a manager might go about developing everyone in his or her organisation together. It starts by suggesting that such pan-organisation development depends on the use of a statement of what's to be done - the competency framework. And will illustrate an example of a framework for a 50-person organisation.
Understanding what makes people developable
Written by John Berry on 28th May 2019. Revised 1st November 2020.
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- Translating job description accountabilities to personal characteristics
- Determining the changes in competencies and behaviours needed
- Identifying critical development to yield required future performance
- Discussing why some people are developable (and others not)
Making the business case for investment in people
Written by Sue Berry on 28th May 2019. Revised 1st November 2020.
1 min read
- Interdependency of technology and people
- Strategies supporting investment in technology over people
- Key drivers in favour of developing people
- Consequences of not developing staff and alternative strategies
Introduction to growing and developing your people
Written by John Berry on 28th May 2019. Revised 1st November 2020.
1 min read
- Basic ideas about human competencies and behaviours
- Introducing competency frameworks
- Basic ideas about what enables people to learn
- Re-visiting the link between personal characteristics and performance
