Course Summary:
In this training session from an HR veteran with 25 years experience, you will learn best practices for interacting with - and influencing - difficult department heads and senior leaders. You'll learn some tips for maximizing your work/life balance.
Course Details:
In order to be a successful HR professional, it requires knowing how to assert yourself in meetings, in one-on-one discussions with key decision makers, and in settings that require you to influence outcomes.
Being successful also requires knowing how to establish some personal and professional boundaries to avoid impacts to work/life balance and professional burnout.
In this training session from an HR veteran with 25 years experience, you will learn best practices for interacting with - and influencing - difficult department heads and senior leaders. You'll learn some tips for maximizing your work/life balance.
What You'll Learn:- Identifying communication challenges and developing strategies for dealing with department heads and senior leadership. For instance:
- Recognizing gender differences in communication: Strategic vs. Task focus
- Understanding Aggressiveness vs. Assertiveness: There is a BIG difference
- Identifying how to project a more confident, assertive presence through non-verbal body language
- How to adjust your personal communication style to wield more influence
- How to use brief interactions with others to maximize your influence and position
- Ways to create boundaries regarding workload and departmental "ownership"
- Meeting tips and techniques, including how to handle difficult individuals who try to intimidate and challenge you in front of others
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Benefits of an HR Generalist certification from HRTrainingCenter.com include:
Boosts Credibility / Signals Competence
Showing you've gone through structured training helps employers trust that you know not just HR theory but current practice, laws, and regulations. Especially useful if your HR experience is limited.
Bridges Knowledge Gaps
If you're moving from another function (or from being more junior in HR), the certification helps you get up to speed on everything in the generalist role - laws, best practices, tools. Gaining those "across-the-board" skills is valuable.
Helps With Job Qualifications / Getting Interviews
Some job descriptions list knowledge of HR laws, handling investigations, payroll, etc. Showing a certificate that covers those can help your resume pass screening. It may also help in promotions or lateral moves within your org if HR wants you to take on more responsibility.
Provides Continuing Education and Keeps You Updated
Laws and best HR practices change. A program that gives updated content, sample forms, current compliance obligations (FMLA, ADA, etc.), especially with free updates, helps you stay current and reduce risk of legal issues for your company.
Networking & Learning from Peers
Live or virtual seminars often provide a chance to interact with instructors and other HR professionals; this can help you see how others tackle similar problems, which gives you ideas for your own work.
Expands Career Path Options
Generalist roles are often stepping stones to more specialized or leadership roles (HR Manager, HR Business Partner, Employee Relations Specialist, Compensation & Benefits, etc.). Solid grounding in all areas helps you decide what specialty (if any) you might want and helps prepare you for more senior roles.
Continuing Education Credits:
Click the 'Credits' tab above for information on PHR/SPHR, PDCs, and other CE credits offered by taking this course.
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