Certified Career Development & Succession Planning Professional

Course Overview

Elevate your organization to new heights with the transformative power of career development and succession planning. This dynamic duo not only strikes the perfect balance between individual aspirations and organizational goals but also unveils and rectifies structural/competency gaps.

Discovering and nurturing emerging leaders within your organization is a win-win situation that benefits individuals and enhances the overall efficiency of your company. This is a strategic investment in your organization’s success.

Our meticulously crafted course is designed to supercharge your team’s growth trajectory and help create impactful career paths. We delve into the integration of coaching tools, career development tools and methodologies for personal and professional growth. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to implement corporate career development initiatives tailored to each employee’s professional growth. They will master the art of designing cutting-edge career growth systems, backed by the ability to measure tangible results.

Reshape your professional landscape as an HR professional through our dynamic training program. Enroll now to acquire the following essential skills:

  • Elevate employee satisfaction and loyalty by unleashing the power of innovative initiatives
  • Craft a visionary career development and talent management strategy
  • Harness the power of progressive tools for professional growth
  • Adopt a coaching approach to navigate organizational challenges
  • Architect an efficient succession program for sustainable business triumph
  • Initiate tailored talent management activities to meet key business requirements

Join us in this transformative experience, where your organization’s success story begins with empowering its greatest asset—your people.

Who Should Attend

  • Department Heads
  • Senior Managers
  • HR Professionals
  • People and Career Development Specialists
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Line Managers
  • HR Business Partners
  • People at the start of HR career or those who want to dive deeper into people development

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Make a positive impact on the performance of the organization via career development
  • Increase the efficiency of all departments through the application of talent management
  • Reduce the turnover of your staff and improve satisfaction at work
  • Improve employee engagement and increase business performance
  • Make your career development program a competitive advantage for your company
  • Change your focus from traditional to to career development focus
  • Learn how to design career developments systems that bring results
  • Assess your current state and reveal the gaps to fill for organizational improvement
  • Acquire techniques that will help you to overcome any challenges in succession planning
  • Advance your company via superior talent management tools and methods
  • Make your organization stand out with a superior “focus on people” strategy

Course Content

What is the priority – people or performance?

  • Traditional focus versus career development focus
  • People and organizational needs
  • Today’s top priorities in HR
  • Disengagement and the downward performance spiral

Designing career development systems

  • The importance of development
  • Objectives of career development systems
  • Indicators of career program effectiveness
  • Career development issues with teams
  • Career management -definition and important concepts

The basics of succession planning

  • Definition of succession planning
  • Benefits of formal succession planning
  • Changes in the organization related to career development

Career development: tools and methodologies

  • Career scenarios
  • Implications of workplace changes
  • Career personality tests
  • Development programs for professional competencies of employees
  • Career consulting at different stages of the employee’s work
  • The role of mentors in career development
  • How to work with high potential employees: assessment and development methods

Assessment and development centers

  • Definition of career development and succession planning
  • Techniques for reliable and effective performance assessment
  • What are the factors affecting assessments?
  • Assessment methodology
  • How to use evaluation results for staff development plans
  • Tips for giving feedback after assessments

Coaching tools in career development

  • Coaching opportunities in career development and succession planning
  • Who is the coach for an employee: Manager, Trainer, or HR?
  • Career crisis – how to help your employees
  • Coaching tools for different succession and career development situations

Corporate succession program

  • Challenges of succession planning
  • Parallel and innovative approaches
  • Forecast of the company’s needs and the Individual Development Plan (IDP)
  • Creating a succession plan
  • Best practices of succession planning

Phases of Succession Planning

  • Begin the program
  • Needs assessment on current roles & responsibilities
  • Performance appraisals or reviews
  • Measure future employee capabilities
  • Gap analysis
  • Bridge the gap
  • Evaluate and monitor the program

Talent management – a new proactive approach to focus on

  • Talent acquisition – steps and best practices for the recruiting process
  • Talent alignment – coordinating new personnel with a long-term view
  • Talent assessment: performance management and diversity – creating a fair and inclusive environment
  • Talent measurement/compensation
  • Talent retention and transition

Table of Contents

Course Code DU0113 Category
Location: Dubai, UAE
Duration: 5 Days
Language: English
Cost: 15,770 SAR
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