Consult Like an Insider

By Five Oaks HR

Stop taking orders. Use a simple consulting method to find the real problem, agree what success looks like and deliver work leaders value.

  • 10 CPD hours
  • Course or workshop
  • Live online
  • Four weekly live sessions of 2.5 hours
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About this course

Managers often come to HR with a solution already in mind: a training course, a restructure, a new policy. The best HR people pause, ask better questions and find the real problem first. This course gives you a repeatable consulting method you can use in any HR role, from the first conversation to the final review, and lots of practice running it with live role plays.

The four sessions cover entry and contracting, diagnosis, options and recommendations and delivery and review. Learners receive a consulting conversation guide, a one-page contracting canvas and live role plays with feedback, and a certificate for 10 CPD hours.

It is designed for HR business partners and generalists, centre of excellence specialists, internal consultants and OD practitioners and anyone who wants HR advice to be taken seriously.

What you will learn

  • Run a first conversation that uncovers the real problem
  • Contract clearly on scope, roles and success
  • Gather evidence before recommending anything
  • Present options instead of a single answer
  • Handle resistance without damaging the relationship
  • Close a piece of work and review what it achieved

Course details

CPD hours
10
Format
Course or workshop
Delivery
Live online
Duration
Four weekly live sessions of 2.5 hours
Language
English
Price
€645 per person

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