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HR & People Leadership – 2 Workshops for Design Owners/Managers

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When:
May 12th & June 30th 2022 9.30am to 12.30pm
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Where:

Delivered remotely via Zoom

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Cost:

Single Workshop Member*: €125
Both workshops Member*: €225
Single Workshop Non-member: €175
Both workshops Non-member: €295
Additional One Hour Individual Coaching Session** Member*: €105
Additional One Hour Individual Coaching Session** Non-member: €130

HR and People Leadership workshop
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A two-part workshop series for Design Agency and Studios owners and Design team managers on HR & Legal “Musts” & “How Tos” and Effective People Practices, with options to attend one or both workshops and an additional one-hour one-to-one coaching session with Sue Baird HR, Learning & Development Specialist, Executive Coach at Saboc International.

In an ever-changing workplace, these two ‘HR & People Leadership‘ workshops aim to keep design employers and design team managers up-to-date with the latest HR guidance. They will cover employment law and workplace culture’s recent and upcoming changes, and best practices in People Management in order to get the best results out of their current teams and new recruits.

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Workshop 1: HR & Legal “Musts’ & “How Tos”

Thurs May 12th, 9.30 to 12.30, online via Zoom

 

This module will focus on:

• Recent & impending changes in employment law (including):

  • Remote working
  • Right to disconnect
  • Sick pay
  • Parents’ leave
  • Public holiday increase

• The upcoming implications of:

  • The Whistleblowing Directive
  •  4-day week

• And key HR policies:

    • Types of Employment Contracts, Mandatory Content, Timelines to be complied with
    •  Difference between Contracts of Employment vs. SMTs (Statement of Main Terms) and Employee Handbook
  •        Working Time, Rest Breaks, Annual & Public Holiday Leave, Protective Leave, Notice Periods
  •        Key Policies/Codes of Practice required to be in place including Grievance,      Disciplinary, Respect & Dignity, Equality, GDPR

 

Workshop 2: Effective People Practices

Weds June 30th, 9.30 to 12.30, online via Zoom

 

This module will focus on:

• Key elements of your HR Management (HRM) strategy (including):

  • Attracting and retaining good people
  • Compensation & benefit packages
  • Mental health & wellbeing
  • Living your culture
  • Continued Professional Development & Career Progression

• Leading and managing people:

  • ‘On-boarding’ new starters
  • Tracking people & performance pathways
  • Communicating Well – investing time in communicating to deliver results in long-term pay-offs.
  • Managing yourself, particularly in challenging or emotional situations
  • Coaching correction – handling those difficult conversations where influencing changes in behaviour, conduct, performance and/or attitude of others is required.

Additional One Hour Individual Coaching Session**

– worth €300!

Following completion of either or both workshops, you will be able to book an additional, optional, one-hour individual coaching session with facilitator Sue Baird, to support you in implementing what you have learned into your business.

**Coaching session is available for purchase at this exclusive price to participants who have attended one or both of the above workshops. It will focus on applying the learnings from the workshops to your business.

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*Member rate available to private sector members of the IDI, ICAD, IAPI and 100 Archive whose businesses are based in the Republic of Ireland.

 

About the trainer

Sue Baird, Saboc International

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HR, Learning; Development Specialist, Executive Coach
Sue established Saboc in 1995 to provide HR and L&D support/training to organisations of all sizes and has a well-established reputation built up over 25 years as a HR & Training specialist.
Sue holds a Mastery Diploma in Executive Coaching and facilitates one-to-one coaching guidance for the professional development of individual leaders/managers
She is also the HR Business Mentor & Trainer for varied LEO (Local Enterprise Offices) in counties along the West Coast of Ireland.

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